Extoll your hate of Valentine's Day (was: Extoll the virtues of your love!!)

[Ferret]

I don't think that the true spirit of Valentine's Day has been captured yet because nobody has made a V-Day card that bursts open with Lovecraftian hentai for the reader of the card. You could call the line, Necronomicards....

Although the episode of Invader Zim in which the kids handed out Valentine's Day meat slices comes pretty close.

LMAO! I would buy....

 

[Psychic Warrior]

I admit it . I hate Valentine's Day. To me it is a made up day created to sell crap during an otherwise 'dead' area of the retail year. It is blatant cosumerism at it's worst. I don't think anyone should be feeling bad over being single on this day. It is fake and a sad commentary on the state of the relationships between men and women.

BTW I am married and was seeing my now wife for 6 years before we got married. In that time I have only been 'forced' to celebrate V-Day 3 times. I don't think my wife hates it as much as I do but there is little love for it. We celebrate our love and bond every day. As should anyone fortunate enough to find someone special. For you single guys and gals out there - don't despair! There will be another person in your life soon! You have to believe that.

 

[randomling]

I don't like V-Day much at all. I don't exactly need more reminders that I'm lonesome (and possibly unlovable) when all my friends are attached and happy, or more excuses to feel bad about it. I'll be hiding as much as possible on the 14th, I think.

 

[fusangite]

A few additional observations about Valentines Day to brighten everybody's life:

First, in the original medieval documents about Saint Valentine, they didn't mention anything he did in life, just the gory details of his execution.

Second, our Valentine's day more likely originates from the Roman Lupercalia festival in which pubescent boys would dress up in goatskin thongs and run around their local village slapping middle-aged women with slabs of wet, greasy bacon. The women were then required to laugh in a kind of mirthless way whenever struck with the bacon.

So, as you can see, Valentine's Day has hardly changed at all since ancient times. We still have all the core elements: gore, suffering, inconvenience, adolescent sexual frustration and people forced to pretend to have a good time.

Of course, I've been single every Valentines Day for nine years...

 

[Dakkareth]

/me hasn't the slightest idea, what Valentine's Day is. Really.

 

[nerfherder]

This year it's a friend's 30th birthday, so we're throwing a surprise party for her.

Last year I cooked a romantic meal for 3 of my single friends and had an "anti-valentines" night.

Cheers,
Liam

 

[The Shaman]

In my single days I always found that Valentine's Day was the perfect opportunity to hook up with some lonely girl who just didn't want to face the holiday alone.

I'm all about providing the sweet comfort in times of need.

 

[Aaron L]

Great, thanks for reminding me about valentines day, i had almost driven it out of my head.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

I hate you, The Shaman. Die in a pit.

 

[Viking Bastard]

When is it?


They tried to bring Valentine's Day to the Icelandic market and for a few years
there was a lot of hubbub about it, but then it just... went away.

Didn't catch on, I guess. Not surprisingly if it's in February. Who affords to spend
money in February, the month of the Christmas Credit Card Bills??