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Showing posts with label Singles. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Valentine's Day in Perspective

There are misconceptions in most cases and the truth in some about Valentine's Day for...

Singles:

  • Dread going to work where everyone will be flashing their gifts & getting flower deliveries.
  • Curse Saint Valentinus for putting your esteem through this annual torture.
  • Sit and dissect the pitiful lives of people who are tied down to one person.
  • Allow yourselves more beer and alcohol or ice cream than usual.
  • Talk yourself into settling for the guy/gal you  don't really love so you won't die alone. Or with cats.
  • Lie to the world about how you really don't think V-Day is that big of a deal.
  • Drunkenly admit to your closest friends about how much it hurts to be single right now.
  • Spend too much time thinking about "the good one(s) that got away."
  • Get into bed, pretending that it's okay to be alone on Lover's Night - or
  • Feeling pressure to come up with a good reason to be happy - alone.
  • Go to sleep, thankful the day is over.

Non-Singles:

  • Dread not getting your lover's gift or flowers in time for them to gloat for the Singles.
  • Curse Saint Valentinus for putting your wallet through this annual torture.
  • Sit and dissect the lives of people who are lonely & gift-less.
  • Allow yourself to spend more money on one person than you did for everyone at Christmas.
  • Talk yourself into staying with the worst person in the world so you won't die alone. Or broke.
  • Lie to the world about how your lover is worth all that crazy money you spent on a gift.
  • Drunk dial your credit card company to see what your balance is right now.
  • Spend too much time thinking about "the crazy one you got stuck with."
  • Get into bed, pretending to feel sexy because it's Lover's Night - or
  • Feeling pressure to look thrilled to be in love for the next 364 days.
  • Go to sleep, thankful the day is over.


In reality, life cannot be planned. Love and happiness, joy and sorrow - they rise and fall like the tides. Wherever you are, whoever you are - single or not - I wish you a Happy Valentine's Day. If only one person cares about you, you are blessed. I'm a Single and happy because I've learned that there are people who love me - they really, really do! lol

Oh - I'm writing this early because I plan to be eating more ice cream than usual on Thursday...

Happy Valentine's Day

To the Singles:
AKA: Happy unimaginative, consumerist-oriented and entirely arbitrary,
 manipulative and shallow interpretation of romance day!

To the Non-Singles:

Show how mature love has made you. Don't gloat on Thursday.

And to D. R., wherever you are:


Still & Always


Peace
Free