Valentine's Day Part 1

I used to love Valentine's Day.  When I was younger, my parents would always get cute little packages of chocolates for me and my sister with a sweet you're-such-a-wonderful-daughter card for each of us.  And of course there was always the delightful abundance of candy that was placed in our painstakingly decorated shoeboxes along with cheesy cookie cutter Kim Possible Valentines.  I tended to put a substantial amount of glitter on my shoeboxes.  Ah, those were the days.

Now I dread February 14.

I hate seeing all these lovey-dovey couples hanging on each other the whole damn day.  It's not that I don't think it's cute and sweet and blah blah blah… my issue is that these couples can't give it a rest for like five minutes.  It is absolutely nauseating.  Have some shame for gods sake.  It's also a painful reminder for everyone that hasn't had too much luck in their love life, like myself.  I've started seeing today as a shitty little proverbial slap to the face for those who have never had a special someone to spend this overhyped holiday with.

As of the past few years, getting a Valentine's Day card is rare, even from my family or friends.  And hell if I should even think about a BOY giving me a Valentine, that's just insane.  This year was the first year that I thought I might have a great guy to spend the day with but of course not.  That whole thing promptly fell apart.  At least I keep finding out very unpleasant things about him which makes it ever so simple to dislike him.  Who knows, maybe some gorgeous boy is secretly in love with me and I'll have an absolutely amazing day! :D But the chances of that happening are extremely slim :/

Valentine's Day is also a bit ridiculous in my opinion.  Do people really need a whole holiday as an excuse to tell the important ones in their lives that they love them?  You need to show those people every single day how much they mean to you, if they really do mean all that much to you.  That doesn't mean that you can't make Valentine's Day special for your significant other, there's a tremendous amount of socioeconomic pressure to create the perfect romantic day for your twu wuv (The Princess Bride anyone?) so you might as well make the most of it!

As for me, I'll be spending the day with some other single pringle friends (I'm talking to you, Laura ;)) and we'll most likely eat plenty of chocolate and relish in the healing power of carbohydrates and Star Trek.  You'd be surprised at how comforting Star Trek really is!  I also can't wait to buy a shitload of discounted chocolates tomorrow :D

Giraffes are amazing,

Rebecca