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Phact0rri · Post by **Phact0rri** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:05 am

I think people don't realize that Valentine's Day isn't just for couples. I mean really its just a day to tell people you care. actually I always fancied it as being "get up the courage" day, for you tell someone you fancy that you do indeed find them attractive. Its not been that sense the school days, but I always figured that was the real purpose of it.

I sent out lots of valentine's for all those that I care for. I'm not in a relationship myself.. and I enjoyed it. actually thinking about it.. I haven't spent valentine's Day with someone in years. Granted the one I love, is pretty far away, so I never get to spent valentine's Day with her.

Prettydragoon · Post by **Prettydragoon** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 2:58 am

JessicaRaven wrote:actually this is the best valentines day ever for me because I got an engagement ring

Eeee! Congratulations!

In these parts, Valentine's Day is still pretty new. And it's called Friend's Day, so there is less emphasis on romantic relationships.

Anyway, we didn't do much on Valentine's Day. My gf gave me roses and I gave her chocolate. Then we stayed home.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 5:02 am

mcDuffies wrote:
rkolter wrote:Valentine's day is clearly a made up day by card companies, but a day like this, where you take a day out of your hectic life to think about the person you love, is a reasonable thing to have.
Annoying thing about Valentines day is that it makes you guilty if you're not caring about it, thus forces you to bye stuff. I don't like it, I simply can't get over the fact that it's a strategy to get money out of our pockets, and using intimate things like love for that purpose makes it even worse. Money is never much of an issue for me, but I don't like the feeling that I'm being cheated. Important days when I think about the person I love is her birthday, anniversary of our relationship, and many other days when we're not in situation to see each other.

I don't see how a holiday can make you feel guilty. Nor how it forces you to buy stuff. I've done some wonderfully romantic things that haven't involved buying anything, or at least, anything traditionally valentines-related, and the card I made for Beth this year was way nicer than any I'd have just bought at the store.

ShineDog · Post by **ShineDog** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 6:14 am

I have never ever ever ever sent or received anything on valentines, and im 24, go me!

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 7:10 am

rkolter wrote:I don't see how a holiday can make you feel guilty. Nor how it forces you to buy stuff. I've done some wonderfully romantic things that haven't involved buying anything, or at least, anything traditionally valentines-related, and the card I made for Beth this year was way nicer than any I'd have just bought at the store.

What can I say, I'm guilt-ridden, low self esteem, constantly wondering about righteousness of my actions. If I don't get a present, I fear that it will appear like I don't care. If I don't guy something pricey, I fear that I will appear cheap. Regardless of what occasion it is, I'm never sure what the other person actually expects from me, so when I don't live up to those expectations, I feel guilty. Not the only person to think that way, and all Valentines-related marketing actually has such people for target audience.

JessicaRaven · Post by **JessicaRaven** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:09 am

sorry I didnt respond sooner I was for the most part otherwise occupied all day yesterday

thanks to everyone who said congrats

Killbert-Robby · Post by **Killbert-Robby** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:18 am

I had nobody to give something to this year....... so I went out and bought a rose for the fuck of it, and at the end of the day I gave it to a friend who got nothing from anyone else.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:43 am

Killbert-Robby wrote:I had nobody to give something to this year....... so I went out and bought a rose for the fuck of it, and at the end of the day I gave it to a friend who got nothing from anyone else.

D'aww

TheSuburbanLetdown · Post by **TheSuburbanLetdown** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 10:54 am

I forgot it was Valentine's Day. I spent the whole day behind a draftting table away from work because of the snow. Then I had some oatmeal and chicken wings.

Garneta · Post by **Garneta** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:34 am

We ended up having our "big Valentines Day dinner" at Taco Bell, then went to Wal-Mart.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:09 pm

Kat North wrote:We ended up having our "big Valentines Day dinner" at Taco Bell, then went to Wal-Mart.

Hey, those 1/2 lb burrittos are a pretty good deal.

Rock_dash · Post by **Rock_dash** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:16 pm

Warren wrote:
Kat North wrote:We ended up having our "big Valentines Day dinner" at Taco Bell, then went to Wal-Mart.
Hey, those 1/2 lb burrittos are a pretty good deal.

Except that they charge 70 cents for sour cream

Mon Ami · Post by **Mon Ami** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:38 pm

mcDuffies wrote: Annoying thing about Valentines day is that it makes you guilty if you're not caring about it, thus forces you to bye stuff.

I'm lucky I do not suffer from this guilt o-o:

mcDuffies wrote:I don't like it, I simply can't get over the fact that it's a strategy to get money out of our pockets, and using intimate things like love for that purpose makes it even worse. Money is never much of an issue for me, but I don't like the feeling that I'm being cheated.

You do not seem like the type that would fall to such a strategy. I mean, if you know you love the person, and they love you, then Valentine's Day is just a way of expressing it to them. You do not need anything special, (hell you probably do not even need a pronouncement of V-day), but it is the thought of cherishing your loved ones that matters.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:46 pm

If you feel guilty and bad about yourself all the time, then you're broken. You desperately need to smash something with a sledgehammer, then point at the wreckage and scream at it until the scream becomes a cackle, and the cackle a giggle, and the giggle a full blown belly laugh.

It's the only real cure.

Kemmy · Post by **Kemmy** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:26 pm

rkolter wrote:If you feel guilty and bad about yourself all the time, then you're broken. You desperately need to smash something with a sledgehammer, then point at the wreckage and scream at it until the scream becomes a cackle, and the cackle a giggle, and the giggle a full blown belly laugh.

It's the only real cure.

Well, that just about describes my life.

Dr Legostar · Post by **Dr Legostar** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:00 pm

rkolter wrote:If you feel guilty and bad about yourself all the time, then you're broken. You desperately need to smash something with a sledgehammer, then point at the wreckage and scream at it until the scream becomes a cackle, and the cackle a giggle, and the giggle a full blown belly laugh.

It's the only real cure.

i think i'm about due for one of those.

::hefts sledge hammer::

hey.. cope, you busy?

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 9:10 pm

You do not seem like the type that would fall to such a strategy. I mean, if you know you love the person, and they love you, then Valentine's Day is just a way of expressing it to them. You do not need anything special, (hell you probably do not even need a pronouncement of V-day), but it is the thought of cherishing your loved ones that matters.

Eh, I do that often, it feels better when society doesn't have to tell me. But it's not VD per se, it's the amount of such holidays, with Mother's day, Christmass, and a bunch of other holidays most of which are specifically Serbian...

If you feel guilty and bad about yourself all the time, then you're broken. You desperately need to smash something with a sledgehammer, then point at the wreckage and scream at it until the scream becomes a cackle, and the cackle a giggle, and the giggle a full blown belly laugh.

I tried it once and I felt guilty that I made such mess.

Eve Z. · Post by **Eve Z.** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 1:51 am

was there a holiday?
oh..