Feb 14 = Singles Awareness Day.

I don't resent Valentine's Day... but just wanted to point out that you are VERY young! I'm 31 and single... just enjoy life and being single. The right one will come along when it's time and have fun with all the wrong ones in the meantime.

Hey, it isn't that great for us non-single people either...

My boyfriend texted me "Happy VD! Will you be my valentine and/or ride to work?"

So romantic.....

Hey, cool, another 20-something who feels disappointed that all the men she's met can't live up to a 7-year old. I *knew* I should have stuck with the one I "married" in grade 1. :grumble:

My friends are all getting married and having babies too... I'm sick of being the 3rd/5th/7th wheel. I used to try and pretend that I'm happy being single (after all, who wants to wait an hour for dinner at an overcrowded, overpriced restaurant?), but really, I'm not happy about it... I'm thinking my plan for tonight is to have a nice dinner (along with wine--for two, probably), and hope that the resentment wears off with my workout tomorrow.

Sigh.

I had a boyfriend that was so cheap that for two years in a row he would pick a fight before Valentine's so he wouldn't have to buy me a gift. LOL!!!!!!!

It's just a Halmark Day.
The people who love you and you love as well are there every day telling you they love you. Maybe not in exact words but they do!
Who needs a 100.00 dozen roses. I'd rather get that ride from someone who loves me!

Nothing says "I love you" like being forced to buy gifts.

If you really love someone you'll love them all year round. Not on one special day because the retail industry and silly superstitions tell you to do so.

(Yes, I am single... but I do believe this.)

I have a boyfriend.. however, me and my friend are always each others valentines for the day! haha We get something small and cute for each other. You don't need to have a boyfriend/girlfriend to fall into the commercialized holiday..because really, that's what it is these days.

You know what guys? No rush. It's more important that it's right than that it's soon. I didn't get married until I was 37 (after a long period of dating my future wife), and just had our first baby 6 days after my 40th birthday. No regrets. Just do what's right for you. The sad fact is, you might be 22 and surrounded with all your happy married friends, but there's a good chance quite a few of them will be divorced inside 20 years and they'll be back in the same boat wondering why they can't find the right guy.

Valentine's Day is just another day. If you don't have a boyfriend, just go have a good time with a good friend and commiserate over an ice cold beer or a glass of wine.

Nah I don't hate it. I bought my own flowers, and a teensy bar of chocolate and will make a healthy dinner tonight for my two daughters and myself.

Expectation is killer, and truthfully, no one can love you as well as you love yourself.

I'm not fussed about not getting gay crap covered in lovehearts, who needs it? But I get a little twinge about people going to nice restaurants and home for *an early night* that part I would enjoy :grumble:

Expectation is killer, and truthfully, no one can love you as well as you love yourself.

Well put! Thank you!

Hey, cool, another 20-something who feels disappointed that all the men she's met can't live up to a 7-year old. I *knew* I should have stuck with the one I "married" in grade 1. :grumble:

My friends are all getting married and having babies too... I'm sick of being the 3rd/5th/7th wheel. I used to try and pretend that I'm happy being single (after all, who wants to wait an hour for dinner at an overcrowded, overpriced restaurant?), but really, I'm not happy about it... I'm thinking my plan for tonight is to have a nice dinner (along with wine--for two, probably), and hope that the resentment wears off with my workout tomorrow.

Sigh.

I am 23 and literally ALWAYS single...my coworker told me if i don't date soon ill never get married because i'm too used to being alone, and my best guy friend told me in a nut shell that because i'm too quick amrt and witted(to counter-balance their lame pick up lines), independent and not needy that ill never have a boyfriend....oh and that i look dumb because I have blonde hair, blue eyes and big boobs, so they are in shock when smart words come out of my mouth(wth?)...both are oh-so-grand to hear one week before valentines day. Yes, i'm ok being alone, but i don't want to be alone forever, why would being smart and independent be a bad thing??? What guy wouldn't want that? And shouldn't you find someone that compliments you instead of completes you? Maybe thats why the ivorce rate is so high in America because everyone is trying to find someone to make them complete instead of being complete on their own? Oh wel...happy vday everyone lol

Nothing says "I love you" like being forced to buy gifts.

If you really love someone you'll love them all year round. Not on one special day because the retail industry and silly superstitions tell you to do so.

In this context, I find it funny that your user name is "hostile"

But I do feel the same. I don't like being told that I have to express love in a certain way or on a particular day or something.

That said, this is the first year that I've not been at least seeing -someone- on Valentine's Day, and, thus, it's the first year that I do want to celebrate it.

It's funny, as this "holiday" has incited arguments in the past (which is stupid, of course, very stupid—I should have just went along with it rather than following my idealism, because seriously, that's a pretty big waste of time in this context) with several girlfriends.

Oh well, there's plenty of time to have a good VD in the future.

... Wait a second, that doesn't look right ...!

Valentine's Day doesn't mean a thing to me and never really did. People who love each other show it every day. The rest is just a way for merchants to drum up business.

Exactly! It's a holiday invented by greeting card companies! People spend all this money to say "I love you" when they could just be good to their significant other year round. It's almost like V-day is a way to say "i treated you like dirt this past year but I got you this __ to make up for it."

Hey, cool, another 20-something who feels disappointed that all the men she's met can't live up to a 7-year old. I *knew* I should have stuck with the one I "married" in grade 1. :grumble:

My friends are all getting married and having babies too... I'm sick of being the 3rd/5th/7th wheel. I used to try and pretend that I'm happy being single (after all, who wants to wait an hour for dinner at an overcrowded, overpriced restaurant?), but really, I'm not happy about it... I'm thinking my plan for tonight is to have a nice dinner (along with wine--for two, probably), and hope that the resentment wears off with my workout tomorrow.

Sigh.

I am 23 and literally ALWAYS single...my coworker told me if i don't date soon ill never get married because i'm too used to being alone, and my best guy friend told me in a nut shell that because i'm too quick amrt and witted(to counter-balance their lame pick up lines), independent and not needy that ill never have a boyfriend....oh and that i look dumb because I have blonde hair, blue eyes and big boobs, so they are in shock when smart words come out of my mouth(wth?)...both are oh-so-grand to hear one week before valentines day. Yes, i'm ok being alone, but i don't want to be alone forever, why would being smart and independent be a bad thing??? What guy wouldn't want that? And shouldn't you find someone that compliments you instead of completes you? Maybe thats why the ivorce rate is so high in America because everyone is trying to find someone to make them complete instead of being complete on their own? Oh wel...happy vday everyone lol

What the...???

That is all bs and just a stupid bunch of things to tell you.
If that is what your guy friend thinks then he is the one who will be miserable in life.
Trust me,it may not seem it now but 23 years old is nothing as far as age goes.:flowerforyou: