Fuck Valentine's Day Thread

NCfan

I hate this holiday more than any other. Talk about commercialization and making a buck off of people's emotions - it doesn't get much worse than V-day.

If you're into celebrating it then great. But what I hate is that most guys HAVE to participate or else.....

Anyways, thought I'd bitch a bit - please add your thoughts if you have any.

mammasan

Amen brother.

Byrnzie

NCfan wrote:

I hate this holiday more than any other. Talk about commercialization and making a buck off of people's emotions - it doesn't get much worse than V-day.

If you're into celebrating it then great. But what I hate is that most guys HAVE to participate or else.....

Anyways, thought I'd bitch a bit - please add your thoughts if you have any.

I wouldn't mind if it was a holiday, but it isn't. I'm at work. Nothing romantic about being at work.

mammasan

It's not even a real holiday. It was originally a Catholic day to recognize St. Valentine was a a martyr that died during the reign of Emporer Claudius. It wasn't untill centuries later, in England, that the theme of romance was even introduced to the day.

Rabbitrocks

I hate it too and no, I'm not single and bitter!
I've never bought into it. As has been said, it's total commercialised and should be renamed 'Happy Hallmark Day'.

Ms. Haiku

It's so cute and colorful! Adds a little sparkle to the drab drab dreary winter. That's probably the best part of it. Just a different attitude of a day until the winter blues are gone. Great day to listen to blues, too. My favorite color is red so I'm partial to this day

NCfan

Seriously, I feel I could tell my girlfriend I love her every day of the year but if I didn't do something nice for her on Valentine's day none of it would matter.

I can't decide if I should be mad at her for this silliness or feel sorry for her becuase our society tells her that If I don't make V-day a big deal I'm no good.

I mean, even if we both decide not to celebrate it she will still feel sad when she hears her girlfriends talk about what their boyfriends did for them.

Just pisses me off.... lose-lose situation!

NCfan

Ms. Haiku wrote:

It's so cute and colorful! Adds a little sparkle to the drab drab dreary winter. That's probably the best part of it. Just a different attitude of a day until the winter blues are gone. Great day to listen to blues, too. My favorite color is red so I'm partial to this day

Well I agree there. I mean it should be a harmless, nice little celebration. But as with almost everything else, our society blows it way the hell out of proportion!

chopitdown

chiefojibwa wrote:

yeah, way back when my wife and i just got together she told me i didn't have to get her anything for v-day.

don't fall for that one!

lol...we've all fallen for that one... we all know better but we're just hoping this one means it.

Heineken Helen

well for once I'm glad I'm single Valentines day - I've seriously had it with men right now... headwreckers, the whole fucking lot of them! More confusing than a James Joyce novel

All you loved up sops today, good luck!

macgyver06

i feel so cheap.

Pacomc79

Happy VD day everybody.

It's simply an excuse to be romantic if you're in a good relationship. I imagine that most of the pressure is really an image thing for the ladies. They want to know you care about them because it makes them feel sexy and attractive etc and then they can tell thier friends about how wonderful you are. Just doing something nice like a card and their favorite chocolate and maybe cooking thier favorite meal or breakfest in bed are nice and romantic. It by no means needs to be really expensive. If the lady is concerned about the amout or monitary value of the gift she probably sucks anyway and your friends hate her.


this is a dekronkulous day to be a single guy out on the town. Second most productive to say a wedding, although the odds are better tonight. Go get em guys.

Ms. Haiku

You could definitely get some sexy lovin with your partner if you put on the blues. I think that's what Valentine's Day is about, isn't it? Am I missing something, here? The day represents you as chocolate, your partner as peanut butter, and . . . . everything's good.

So, buy that special someone a blues record, sit back, relax, let nature take it's course. Then you can enjoy it for many days, weeks, months, years after. Basically celebrate Valentine's Day every time you play it.

Heineken Helen

Pacomc79 wrote:

Happy VD day everybody.

It's simply an excuse to be romantic if you're in a good relationship.

If you're in a good relationship you don't need an excuse... seems to me more of an effort to make money whilst deliberately trying to piss off those who are single and not happy about being single. Doesn't make sense does it? There should be an international singles day or something although in saying that Valentines IS one of the best weeks for singles in the pubs

even flow?

NCfan wrote:

I hate this holiday more than any other. Talk about commercialization and making a buck off of people's emotions - it doesn't get much worse than V-day.

If you're into celebrating it then great. But what I hate is that most guys HAVE to participate or else.....

Anyways, thought I'd bitch a bit - please add your thoughts if you have any.

I have never heard of the "or else" part of the day. Is this just an NC kind of thing?

Pacomc79

Heineken Helen wrote:

If you're in a good relationship you don't need an excuse... seems to me more of an effort to make money whilst deliberately trying to piss off those who are single and not happy about being single. Doesn't make sense does it? There should be an international singles day or something although in saying that Valentines IS one of the best weeks for singles in the pubs

not to mention Mardi Gras; Chinese New Year; St. Patricks Day and Cinco de Mayo are coming up and I do love to drink.

do not despair single people...good times are literally a weekend away.

angelica

NCfan wrote:

Seriously, I feel I could tell my girlfriend I love her every day of the year but if I didn't do something nice for her on Valentine's day none of it would matter.

I can't decide if I should be mad at her for this silliness or feel sorry for her becuase our society tells her that If I don't make V-day a big deal I'm no good.

I mean, even if we both decide not to celebrate it she will still feel sad when she hears her girlfriends talk about what their boyfriends did for them.

Just pisses me off.... lose-lose situation!

Send her one of these. That oughtta do it!

Heineken Helen

Pacomc79 wrote:

not to mention Mardi Gras; Chinese New Year; St. Patricks Day and Cinco de Mayo are coming up and I do love to drink.

do not despair single people...good times are literally a weekend away.

Or a day away or for the many singles who go out on the town tonight, a few hours away . I do love this time of the year though (i.e. February) cos it seems to be soooo full of hope of what the spring and the summer are gonna be like

miller8966

NCfan wrote:

Seriously, I feel I could tell my girlfriend I love her every day of the year but if I didn't do something nice for her on Valentine's day none of it would matter.

I can't decide if I should be mad at her for this silliness or feel sorry for her becuase our society tells her that If I don't make V-day a big deal I'm no good.

I mean, even if we both decide not to celebrate it she will still feel sad when she hears her girlfriends talk about what their boyfriends did for them.

Just pisses me off.... lose-lose situation!

Roses - 15 dollars

chocolate - 5 dollars

champagne- 20

Being able to stick it somewhere you havent sticked it before..priceless

even flow?

I don't know if you have this day down in the States yet? But up here we have on March 14, a day named Steak & Blow Job day. It is like a Valentine Day for the men. See, we are all about spoiling both sexes. So I hope it catches on down there so you won't feel so jaded about love and just another day of being alive.

thankyougrandma

NCfan wrote:

I hate this holiday more than any other. Talk about commercialization and making a buck off of people's emotions - it doesn't get much worse than V-day.

If you're into celebrating it then great. But what I hate is that most guys HAVE to participate or else.....

Anyways, thought I'd bitch a bit - please add your thoughts if you have any.

I 100% agree with you on this, . Plus next thing you hear about, the flowers we're all buying to our loved one, are relate to workers exploitation in some part of the world, damn it.

bee_boy

Valentine's Day = Excuse To Buy Your Girlfriend A Stuffed Bear And Have Outrageously Good Sex Afterwards.

sonicreducer

me and my girlfriend are bartending together tonight. hopefully we will make the cashflow.

hippiemom

chiefojibwa wrote:

yeah, way back when my wife and i just got together she told me i didn't have to get her anything for v-day.

don't fall for that one!

I said that, and I meant it. I think the whole thing is stupid. Be a good bf/husband all year round because you want to, not because the calendar says it's time to buy something. I don't want anything, and I'd be disappointed if I got something because then I'd feel bad not having anything to give in return.

I know I'll go to work tomorrow and most of the women will be showing off their new baubles or bragging about what they got. It's one of the reasons I hang out with the guys during breaks.

MakingWaves

Pacomc79 wrote:

not to mention Mardi Gras; Chinese New Year; St. Patricks Day and Cinco de Mayo are coming up and I do love to drink.

do not despair single people...good times are literally a weekend away.

Mardi Gras! I ride this Friday night and can't wait. Come on down to Mobile, the original home of Mardi Gras.

angelica

hippiemom wrote:

I said that, and I meant it. I think the whole thing is stupid. Be a good bf/husband all year round because you want to, not because the calendar says it's time to buy something. I don't want anything, and I'd be disappointed if I got something because then I'd feel bad not having anything to give in return.

I know I'll go to work tomorrow and most of the women will be showing off their new baubles or bragging about what they got. It's one of the reasons I hang out with the guys during breaks.

I hear you! I'm so not into that womanly "taking stock of the loot" types! That mentality actually nauseates me. But then again, at weddings, when all the girls are embarassing themselves and tripping over each other to catch the bridal bouquet, I seem to find myself conveniently headed to the washroom (I'm not sure if there is a human activity that is more degrading to one's self as a women than that one!). I tend to hang out with guys, too!

hippiemom

angelica wrote:

I hear you! I'm so not into that womanly "taking stock of the loot" types! That mentality actually nauseates me. But then again, at weddings, when all the girls are embarassing themselves and tripping over each other to catch the bridal bouquet, I seem to find myself conveniently headed to the washroom (I'm not sure if there is a human activity that is more degrading to one's self as a women than that one!). I tend to hang out with guys, too!

Hahaha ... I was once herded into a boquet-catching group. She tossed the thing and it bounced off my head as I was running away

NMyTree

NCfan wrote:

I hate this holiday more than any other. Talk about commercialization and making a buck off of people's emotions - it doesn't get much worse than V-day.

If you're into celebrating it then great. But what I hate is that most guys HAVE to participate or else.....

Anyways, thought I'd bitch a bit - please add your thoughts if you have any.

I don't believe in the commercialized version of Valentine's Day.

I figure if they want to create a day in which we celebrate the love, friendship and companionship we as individuals have with our significant other; than the best way to celebrate is to make some time in our busy every day schedule to just spend time together and remind ourselves and each other how much we love, appreciate and cherish each other. Which of course requires no "National Holiday" because we can do that every day or at least sevral times year, without a "National Holiday".

No need for purchasing superficial presents or products.

If you feel the need to offer a card, make one on your own. make it and write it from the heart.

Otherwise, offer your love and gratitude to your............ lover/wife/girlfriend/husband/boyfriend ...who ever and what ever you want to label it.

Showed them you love them and be kind.

No need to buy anything on this day.

You can buy her/him gifts all year long...all year around.

Use this day to give them your time, love and heart.

angelica

hippiemom wrote:

Hahaha ... I was once herded into a boquet-catching group. She tossed the thing and it bounced off my head as I was running away

"herded"....I love it! It's scary how the radar goes off when the "clan" sees one of their own heading for the hills and somehow they invoke some kind of unconscious suction-action that draws you in....I've been almost-tormented back into the twisted flow of woman-denunciation on more than one occasion. Blech!

Ms. Haiku

I really didn't think Valentine's day was all about only women receiving gifts. That negates the fact that we can be incredibly sexy, giving people - as can men. Shouldn't both partners expect something? Why do men only get to give the gifts, eh?

It's suppose to be a fun time, too. Fun fun fun! That sentiment seems to be missing a little.

Am I wrong or aren't there women out there who enjoy this day+ as a time to give, and not just get? 2-way street type of day in my opinion.

NMyTree

Ms. Haiku wrote:

I really didn't think Valentine's day was all about only women receiving gifts. That negates the fact that we can be incredibly sexy, giving people - as can men. Shouldn't both partners expect something? Why do men only get to give the gifts, eh?

It's suppose to be a fun time, too. Fun fun fun! That sentiment seems to be missing a little.

Am I wrong or aren't there women out there who enjoy this day+ as a time to give, and not just get? 2-way street type of day in my opinion.

I am a man. And from the way I have always understood the holiday and the way the women in my life have approached it since I started dating; the women always percieved it to be an exchange of gifts. Not a one way street at all. But for several years now, I refuse to be sucked into this whole "Valentine's Day" crap.

Show your love all year long, as often as possible and none of us will ever need a stupid, corporate "Valentine's Day".

I mean, how romantic is it when one does something because it's a "National Holiday"?

Is it not far more romantic when one's lover does something nice, offers love, is kind, offers a nice gift or surprise, when it's unexpected and coming from the heart?

"Valentine's Day", what a joke.