Valentine's day blues.

[Hardcorepunkboy]

Bloody Valentine's Day is approaching. GRRR... I hate that day and I always seem to be single when it approaches. I think I might hibernate when it comes, or run away out of St. Andrews for the day. I think its a really crappy time for single people, especially as we have to endure rhe sight of happy couples arm in arm having the time of their lives. Does anyone know of anywhere where single people can hideout for the day?

[cheimon]

lol, yeah, they should have a special party for all singles to get together and cheer each other up, instead of having to look at all that mushy red and pink crap and feel morose. anybody want to host a party?

[rae]

I have this idea for when I rule the world. All the happily coupled people have to pay a tax on Valentine's day, say, £15 per couple. That money then goes to the singletons who can get drunk at the expense of the smug couples. This would turn the day into a reason to celebrate being single. What do you think? Shall we implement it?

[Colin]

[s]rae wrote on 00:38, 7th Feb 2003:
I have this idea for when I rule the world. All the happily coupled people have to pay a tax on Valentine's day, say, £15 per couple. That money then goes to the singletons who can get drunk at the expense of the smug couples. This would turn the day into a reason to celebrate being single. What do you think? Shall we implement it?


Damn good idea.

[munchingfoo]

Would it not be better to have a party where people could go on the 13th to find a date for the 14th, even if you didn't really like them, just wanted to be with someone. Then the people who were single but wanted to a have a date for the 14th could get one, and the people who were single through choice wouldn't have anything to moan about.

[hr]Management: The art of writing like you know what you're talking about and making others believe it.

(munchingfoo comprehensive dictionary)

[Imp]

I think the whole "lets buy each other incredibly expensive things for the sake of commercial romance" pretty much counts as a tax...

[icedfairy]

i like it but only when im with someone but im single this year and watching people going around practically eating each other is not gonna be fun.well depending on who's eating whom...

[cheimon]

but munchinfoo, then we're actually being happy, where the fun is all in being nasty and bitchy towards the couples.

[Blessed Benediction]

they could always put on a valentines day orgy in venue 2 for all the poor soles who are lonely (actually come to think about it maybe make it a bit of an s&m night then it would really help people take out their general anguish - 'forget your valentines blues come & get your valentines black & blues' i can see it now).

good thing about being the kind of person who no-one gives 2 shakes about on this day is that you don't have to spend any money. ok so that isn't the greatest bonus but for the strictly positive thinking it's enough to keep a grin on your face all day.

[hr]watches should have a smiley face on them as it's always time to be happy

[Cola Cube]

Valentines day is a purely commercial date. Those who happen to be in a couple use it as an excuse to do something nice tho not neccessarily expensive (in my case an ice cream binge, hehe). But when single I've never really given a thought to the date, why bother - its not a special day.

[Wong]

Isn't everything a commercial date these days?

"Even if you didn't really like them, just wanted to be with someone" - No point to that whatsoever.

[hr]Who am I now? I'm not a man, I'm not machine
I gave my life away - for the Iron Savior dream

[Bonnie]

... really I did.
But then someone asked me out that afternoon.
Belated apologies to all the girls I convinced to join me in boycotting last year just to drop the cause.
This year I am really going to boycott it (let's see if the same trick works two years in a row!).

[RaphX]

Either you can really turn on the style, or take specific steps to uglify yourself, just for the day.

[Biitchboy]

Well, I'm glad I'm single this Valentines Day. I wasn't for the past few. And it's so much damn better. DOn't have to buy any stupid cards. Don't have to buy any stupid presents. Don't have to do anything stupid. It's just another friday night and I can get stupidly drunk with my stupid friends. They aren't really stupid but I'm kinda stuck on that word now.

But my point is, I hate Valentines whether I'm single or not, it's crap. Very artificial. Very commercial.

...

[Decadence]

Ummm, correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not...

Valentine's Day is not traditionally a day for those already attatched... But rather a day for the singles amonst us to declare their feelings, albeit in a secret fashion, to those who are the objects of their desire >;}

What you guys are all moaning about is the current PC, accepted, sanitised, commercialised event that it has come to be ( bit like Xmas, really)...

So go on... Don't sit around feeling sorry for yourselves... Have a party on the 13th, and maybe you can all rekindle the _real_ meaning of Valentine's Day...

Have fun >;}

D.

[hr]"Yes, I am an agent of Satan,
But my duties are largely ceremonial."

... Thus spake the Cardinal of Decadence

[Guest]

How about doing something sweet for somebody who wouldn't possibly have something sweet done for them? Even, dare I say it, anonymously?

[Abbey]

[s]Biitchboy wrote on 04:08, 9th Feb 2003:
But my point is, I hate Valentines whether I'm single or not, it's crap. Very artificial. Very commercial.

...


Amen! Finally another person who wants to stab Cupid to death with his stupid arrows What's the point of this holiday anyways?
Seems that the single purpose is to sell millions of mushy greeting cards. Very insincere.

[Cola Cube]

Last year's Valentine's Day was the first time I cared about it and I had a fantastic day. I was single at the time and I bought someone I cared about a Tatty Teddy (ever so cute) and the reaction I got made it a great day for me.

Valentines Day - it is what you make of it.

[Emma]

Just a note in the self-defence of the smug couple of which I am half- not all of us are into the schmaltzy pink crap that's been polluting the shop windows for the last ages. I wouldn't mind some new lingerie, and I wouldn't turn down chocolates and stuff, but neither of us are into this demonstrate-your-love-by-consumption shite. He's probably going to work late and I'm going to go to the Vagina Monologues with my mum and best friend. I'm totally in love and Valentine's day still irritates me.

So it's not just a single person's grievance. More an anti-consumerism one.

[hr]'I never intend to adjust myself to the madness of militarism' - Dr Martin Luther King Jr

[Blessed Benediction]

it can be a bit a bit of a kick up the lower spinal collumn for those who are too lazy to even consider declaring their feelings on any other day of the year, but that said it seems to cause so many problems for so many. the amount of couples who've split up or had arguments on said day is disproportionately high i assume.

never liked Cupid too much mainly on account of him looking a bit silly at times. however in terms of the idea of shooting arrows at someone in the name of love, well that sounds like a fantastic idea.

[hr]watches should have a smiley face on them as it's always time to be happy