Is either the one of the best days in the world or the most dreaded day. Discuss.
Valentine's Day...
Is either the one of the best days in the world or the most dreaded day. Discuss.
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Brice already started a Valentine's Day thread.
His was a Happy Valentine's day thread, though.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Yeah, I fail to see what is so happy about valentines.
You're either:
a) single and miserable
or
b) in a relationship which requires you to spend unnecessary money just because.
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Not necessarily. DBF and I have been together 7 years, and we don't celebrate Valentine's Day. It's a "Hallmark Holiday" anyway, designed by retailers to make a buck. We're going to the bar to watch the Avs play.
"People, especially children, aren't measured by their IQ. What's important about them is whether they're good or bad, and these children are bad." ~ Alan Bernard
"You needn't die happy when your day comes, but you must die satisfied, for you have lived your life from beginning to end and ka is always served." ~ Roland Deschain
Or maybe you guys are just cheap
During our staff meeting, they gave the history of Valentines Day.
When they were about to execute St. Valentine because he would not convert religion, he sent a message to a woman he had cured of blindness through a miracle.
He signed the card "your Valentine"
We celebrate it and I love having a day where Dora and I can sit for a minute and appreciate our love for each other.
The kindness of close friends is like a warm blanket
I love St.Valentine because I love all our Catholic Saints
and, of course, I love any pretext for celebrating and giving little presents and all that stuff that is fun to do!
One could say "it could be done on any other day, why follow that commercial trend" etc, etc, but why should anyone treat it so seriously? It's a game, like many other things in life, and it's only up to ourselves to make it a game that is fun to play.
Ask not what bears can do for you, but what you can do for bears. (razz)
When one is in agreement with bears one is always correct. (mae)
bears are back!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
QFT!Originally Posted by Mattrick
So, earthlings..basically urm...end of the world...Here Come The Drums!
I agree with Jean. I like Valentine's Day and have ever since I was a little kid. It was so exciting to go to school, having made out your little cards to each person in the class and walk around handing them out. It made everyone so happy.
Darrin and I didn't do anything special this year, we just went out to eat a few days ago to celebrate.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
Well, ignorance is bliss.
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I'm not ignorant. I went to a very small private elementary school where everyone was friends with everyone else, inside and outside of school. So yes, everyone was happy on Valentine's Day, at least in my case.
I am Daenerys Stormborn and I will take what is mine. With fire and blood.
We normally just have a romantic dinner at home with a bottle of wine (or 3 - motherfucker of a headache today) or go to a restaurant in one of the cafe-bar-restaurant nightlife areas in the city.
No offense to anyone who regularly buys / receives bunches of flowers on Valentines, but I tend to believe that paying double the usual price on a day where you're prompted by Advertising debases the meaning of the gesture. If you're going to buy flowers, make it a complete surprise.
"You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think." - Duma Key
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I like Valentine's as it's the one day a year I can wear my red tuxedo shirt out to dinner.
... and being pessimistic and bitter can get old real quick.
Well, ignorance is bliss.
"You can lead a whore to culture but you can't make her think." - Duma Key
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V is for...
Momma told me there would be DAYS like this. SHe is coming back around, though...to put things back the way they should be. HIS story? Nah...we've had enough of that.
emmy understood the stupid puns on her valentines today and cackled with glee reading them to me. her laughter was precious.
that being said, my only valentine was from a complete stranger on facebook.
People love frozen yogurt. I don't know what to tell you.
I agree with daggers here. I try to treat my love with tender kindness every single day. Not a day goes by that she doesn't hear me tell her I love her, and more than once. Every now and again I buy her gifts "just because" and celebrate with her our "dating" anniversary as well as our marriage anniversary.Not necessarily. DBF and I have been together 7 years, and we don't celebrate Valentine's Day. It's a "Hallmark Holiday" anyway, designed by retailers to make a buck. We're going to the bar to watch the Avs play.
I don't need Wal-Mart to tell me when to celebrate our love.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
You misread me. Kids don't understand love, it's just a morale to a story. That is why I said ignorance is bliss, I wasn't calling you ignorant.
Well, when you've been alone as long as I have, it's part of the job description.
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Hubby and I don't really celebrate Valentine's Day... I called him a bunch of times and always said Happy Valentine's Day which was me just being goofy.
I gave our girls some candy hearts, but that's about it.
I DO agree about flowers on V-Day, ZoNe... especially roses. Really expensive and overrated. I would much prefer getting flowers "just because" rather than on a specific day from my man.
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
i guess I'm alright then.
while we have a busy thread, anyone want to play hold em, i'll be in the game.
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
I'm there
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
we're playing people, but it'd be funner with more joining us!
"So many vows. They make you swear and swear. Defend the King, obey the King, obey your father, protect the innocent, defend the weak. But what if your father despises the King? What if the King massacres the innocent? It's too much. No matter what you do, you're forsaking one vow or another."
more!
Buddy, you think you look strong? You’re wearing a cape.
I tend to dislike Valentine's Day on the grounds that I don't think people should need a day to make some grand gesture of love when they should be doing that on a day to day basis, and on the grounds taht it is horribly commercialized, but if I am completely honest with myself, I tend to not mind that stuff as much when I have a girlfriend. I guess I am just a bitter single person, at least to some degree. I had quite a good time V-Day before last, which was the last one that I was actually dating someone(Erin, actually. haha.)
There's one hole in every revolution, large or small. And it's one word long.. people. No matter how big the idea they all stand under, people are small and weak and cheap and frightened. It's people that kill every revolution.
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