Anyone else really hate Valentines Day? (1 Viewer)

[Mike Broadman]

Maybe you just shouldn't date bitches.


You know what I hate- Nazis, and terrorists and racism. Child abusers, rapists, tyrants. Injustice, slavery, that sort of thing. Hate is a pretty strong sentiment.

 

[Elizabeth S]

For what it's worth, I've always loved this saying:

"It's better to be alone than to wish you were".

 

[MarkHastings]

That's because there are many levels to it. Taking a low level of hatred (like most of us are using in this thread) and comparing it to a high level of hatred (that was used in reference to the examples you gave), is not fair.

According to the Dictionary, Hate is a strong sentiment, but it can also mean: To feel dislike or distaste for.

That's hardly a strong sentiment. Please don't confuse the two meanings.

Hate (as is used in this thread) isn't as evil as most make it out to be.


p.s. and it's quite unfair to compare our use of the word "hatred" of V-day to the use of the word "hatred" of Nazi's, just because the same word is being used.

99% of the people here "hate" FBI warnings on DVD's, but I guess that's ok because we all agree on it

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

I like that one, Elizabeth. I also like this one...

"I'm miserable without you...it's like your still here."

I saw some guy wearing a t-shirt over the summer that had that on it and laughed my ass off!

And here's a funny one from a t-shirt catalog that I had laying around...

"The last thing I want to do is hurt you...but it IS on the list."

Holadem,
V-day means something to me alright, it means the end of my peace of mind for 24 hours, or at least the hours that i'm awake.

 

[Richard Kim]

"Valentine's Day is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to make people feel like crap." - Joel Barish

 

[RobertR]

Both are quite inferior to loving who you're with.

 

[ChuckSolo]

Remember the old 1970's America song "Lonely People" you guys need to listen to it and move on. Some one said, "Go out where?" ANYWHERE, just don't spend your life sitting around your home/apartment thinking about how lonely you are and wishing for a "relationship." Remember "Be careful what you wish for, it just might come true."

Great quote Elizabeth; that is quite often so true.

 

[Malcolm R]

Yes, Valentine's Day is not corporate, but is really a vast female conspiracy. :wink:

I've never heard a man have a meltdown if his significant other doesn't shower him with gifts every Feb 14.

But if you forget to bring the store home to the woman...a concrete bomb shelter and asbestos pants won't save your ass.

As for V-Day, I just ignore it and it goes away.

 

[BrettB]

When they come up with a Liver and Onions Day I'll go postal and make the hate in this thread look like a 3-yr olds birthday at Chucky Cheese.

 

[Lew Crippen]

I agree with what Chuck and Elinor have written. Aside from that, the commercialism and greed that many of you find with the day—ignore all of that.

You don’t have to buy a dozen high price roses (though it might be a good idea if you are starting a new relationship). My wife and I won’t go to a restaurant (the food is poor on the day), but one of us will cook the other a knock-out meal, most probably involving very fine champagne, sit by the fire (assuming it is cold enough in Dallas on the day) and see if someone can talk the other one out of their clothes.

Will I get her flowers? Of course, but I do that every week anyway.

Love, passion and consideration can be exclusive of commericialism.

It is a bit interesting to see comments that women are only attracted to good looking guys. If that were the case, I’d still be sitting home alone. Women (in my experience) like men who are interested in them.

In addition to my wife, I will send flowers to two of our female friends this Valentine’s Day: strangely both of whom are good looking, very smart (one a PhD, the other a corporate officer) and unattached. Neither has had luck finding a guy in the last few years.

Either would be interested in an interesting man. I see a whole lot more unattached interesting women than men. In my experience all guys have to do is ask. Just don’t focus on shallow 20-somethings (and I’m not suggesting that anyone is).

 

[Pamela]

Lew, I just gotta say this . . . you are a class act!

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

I agree, Pamela.

And please, don't let my apparent attitude and ramblings in this thread give you a false indication of how I am as a person, if I DID have someone, I would treat her like a princess.

Dinner, dancing (even though I can't), movie (at my place of course on the ol' 96" screen), an occasional dedication on the radio late at night when I know she's listening, the works.

I mean, your talking to a guy who has seen A Walk to Remember over ten times and read the book twice. I'm a romantic, and a hopeless one at that.

 

[Casey Trowbridg]

Well, I already said you should treat them special all year round, and that whether or not I love someone should not be based simply by my actions on one particular day of the year.

However, to those that do go through with all that and do those special things all year...then why do you need a Valentines Day in the first place, since it wouldn't drastically change your actions if the day never existed.

That's one of the reasons I don't much care for the day itself...if you're romantic all year then you don't really need to do anything special Feb. 14, and if you still need a special day why not celebrate an anniversary or something like that? That way the rest of the population would be spared the commercialism.

As an aside, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it comes between 2 heavily commercialized holidays and is largely overlooked on the advertising side.

 

[Brad Porter]

Much has transpired in this thread since my last post, but I'll try to respond where needed.

These two quotes go together...


That's it, John. You're out of the club.

Brad

 

[Citizen87645]

That just qualified you as a Quirkyalone.

Quirkyalone: noun/adj. A person who enjoys being single (but is not opposed to being in a relationship) and generally prefers to be alone rather than dating for the sake of being in a couple. With unique traits and an optimistic spirit; a sensibility that transcends relationship status.

 

[MarkHastings]

Bing-Freakin-O!!!

 

[Inspector Hammer!]

Did I say losers? I'm sorry, I meant desperate.

Your definatly right about having the freedom though, as someone said earlier, I have movie posters in my living room and speakers all over the place, not to mention a huge-ass screen hanging on the wall! I'll take that down when hell freezes over.

Casey,
I know that you said that earlier, but that's not why I made my above statement, I said it because I meant it, that's how I am as a man, always have been.

Brad,
if i'm out of the club for that, you'll love this next one...Before Sunrise and Before Sunset are two of my favorite films of all time, and I just picked up The Notebook which is also based on a Nicholas Sparks book.

You guys must be telling the truth, it's Friday night and the replies are still pouring in! Hey, don't feel bad, i'm here too.

 

[Brad Porter]

OK. You're back in on a probationary basis based on the Linklater films, and I'll have to trust that The Notebook won't get you booted again.

Brad

 

[ChuckSolo]

Wow, Lew, you never cease to amaze me with your sage advice and common sense. To say nothing about the perfect romantic night you just described. I may just try that with the wife.

Brad, you are right too about the exact opposite of those "alone." I have a couple of friends, and siblings, that never seem to find themselves outside of a relationship. It's like they are afraid of being alone. One of these people has never had any "alone" time since high school, and he's 55 years old. I think that it is essential that one find out who oneself "is" at one point in his/her life. Find out who you are without being part of a him/her or her/him relationship. I for one think that it is unhealthy to be "joined at the hip" so to speak, as it is to shun relationships. I honestly have friends that can't (won't) go anywhere without the significant other. My wife and I have separate interests outside of our relationship together. I play music, she's into acting and producing. I think part of the success we have had in our marriage is that we are individuals who love each other and trust each other and at the same time can go do things on our own if we want to.:b

 

[Francois Caron]

Out of curiosity. How do gays and lesbians celebrate Valentine's Day?