Okay, almost done with my sonnet.
Anti-Valentines Day
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Okay, almost done with my sonnet.
But what constitutes "getting it"?
As far as how couples treat each other - how and when they buy things for each other, say romantic things, go out to eat together, that type of thing - there is, logically, nothing they can do on Valentine's Day that they could not also do any other day of the year. So what is so special about February 14th, other than this is the day the mass media has declared they all must buy, buy, buy?
In a way, Valentine's Day could be harder for those who are *in* a relationship. Because of all the relentless hype, people - and by 'people' I mean 'guys'
- are conditioned to believe that the more they buy, the more they love. So there is pressure to buy more stuff, otherwise they could be accused of not loving their partner enough. Single people, OTOH, have no one to buy for, ergo, less pressure! 
Everyone goes around and is all "Ohh we're in love! We're in love! Aren't we beautiful and perfect?! Happy Valentine's Day!!!"
Well, I can't have a happy Valentine's day because I don't have love in my life beyond family love (which is not exactly VD's focus.)
So pretty much for everyone to go around being so lovey-dovey and in everyone's face about it, well, it's a way to make people feel that much more lonely and sad. If I were that type of person, I'd make it a point to get drunk and pass-out every Valentine's Day.
Too bad, because the chances of success are even higher on that particular day. You (general you) are not the only sad single in town.
Well, we all know why, you don't even try.
Oh, now that's a nice rhyme.
And then again, if it really bothers you, you actually can shift the focus of Valentine's Day on your family. Or you can just ignore it. Nobody actually forces you to do anything on that day. That's like blaming people for being happy on Christmas. Or their birthdays. "It annoys the hell out of me when people celebrate their parent's birthdays because mine are dead!" In general, this is a pretty bad attitude.
My girlfriend and I call those days "Sunday".
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Oh, it can be. Valentine's Day here covers the gamut from getting a friend a small gift, to buying flowers, chocolates, cards, and big fluffy bunnies (and ponies!) for your dearest sweet.
I think if you're pissy about Val Day and being left out do something FOR someone else. Get a nice box of chocs or a heart cake or something for you parent(s), your sibling, your bus driver.. with a note saying "thanks for being a great _"
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I agree. Valentine's Day may be a corporate cash in, but it has real sentiment among those who celebrate it. It doesn't have to be viewed as some hated day through the eyes of a cynic. Make it worth something, even if that's just to remind someone how much you care about them.
Well I'll be working it, and I expect it'll be fairly busy with people buying cards/choclate and flowers.
For single people who want to be in a relationship it's probably one of the hardest days of the year.
As a single person I'm usually happy for 361(2) days of the year. But there are a few days of the year where I'm feel a little blue.
For single people who want to be in a relationship it's probably one of the hardest days of the year.
As a single person I'm usually happy for 361(2) days of the year. But there are a few days of the year where I'm feel a little blue.
What gets to me is we ALL buy stuff, all the time. And we're all told to buy stuff every single day in advertising. But as soon as you attach a holiday to those ads everyone starts screaming about commercialization. A box of chocolates is just a box of chocolates whether it's in heart shape or not.
I'll probably end up getting drunk on Valentine's Day.
That works.
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I suspects some of those 'cynics' are hiding their true feelings about the day. They are saying things like it's a holiday designed by card and chocolate campines to make money/ a cash cow etc.. because they don't have a signifigant other in their life and they would love to have one?
Ponies? And fluffy, too? I want one, too!
If Feb 14 were DRINKING DAY no one would complain about the beer ads being all about cash cow exploitation.
Except for anti-alcoholics.
No. What I meant was, the chocolete was on a yearly cycle of each "holiday" that ran for about four weeks that started the last week of September with the Halloween candy/chocolate. The In November it was the fall/Thanksgiving stuff. Then Christmas in December. Valentines started the second week of January, then Easter, Spring, Mother's Day, Independence day, etc.
The total sales were calculated over those whole periods.
No, that's not it at all.
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True. I can't have most of it anyway, so that's why I like flowers and cards.
Good point. The day has made the lonely bitter. I do know that feeling, and I have been VERY bitter at some points in the past. It just seems like a day that just shoves loneliness into your face and puts salt in the wounds. So I do understand, and I agree that this bitterness may be underneath many of the protests.
Me too! I would love a fluffy pony (preferably Rainbow Dash!).
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