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Love is bullshit!

We all remember last year when I made a thread around this time bitching and moaning about Valentines Day being a pointless Hallmark Holiday. I still think that, but this year I did buy Kay a gift and a card. I brought her a choker (dog collars that they sell at Hot Topic) and a Valentines Day card. Why did I do it, I dunno, I guess I did it to show that I care about her. Anyways, for all of the Valentines Day rants, post, etc, will be put in here!

So tell me, why do you hate Valentines Day, what are you doing for Valentines Day, and what did you buy for your better (or worse) half?

i hate valentine's day cuz every valentine's day card i've ever got has been a gesture of pity. or someone taking the piss.

Love is bullshit!

Ugh, don't tell me they still haven't fix the time warp.

Love is evol (just add an i in place of the o) Isn't it amazing how the two words are so similar yet so different? Well, they are one in the same! I renounce love! Lonliness loves company and I'm good company to have.

I hate Valentine's Day because all the girls in my small school I'm insane (which is true) or they view me as a friend. Therefore, I won't have to waste money on them, and stuff.

Gosh I always get sad around Valentine's Day =/

I like Valentines Day. I use it to reflect on the state of humanity, and how pathetic it is. And go and laugh at people who make Valentines day special, rather than making every day special. I also reflect on how meaningless everything is, and how happy that makes me, but I do that most days. It actually really cheers me up.

I can't stand it. You shouldn't need a special day marked on the calendar to give your partner a present or treat them to a special dinner.

I hate it. I don't celebrate it. Surprisingly all the people I've dated seem to think that's code for "I really love this holiday, please surprise me at work with a dozen roses." Now I have a strict policy of being single over this holiday. Eliminates the confusion when I break up with them.

I like Valentines Day. I use it to reflect on the state of humanity, and how pathetic it is. And go and laugh at people who make Valentines day special, rather than making every day special. I also reflect on how meaningless everything is, and how happy that makes me, but I do that most days. It actually really cheers me up.

You know, I agree with you, I think if you really do love someone, you should let them know that everyday, instead of setting aside one day out of the year to do it.

Love is bullshit!

Greatest warp ever.

Ugh, don't tell me they still haven't fix the time warp.
Only if you post in the same minute as someone else, does the warp still happen.
Greatest warp ever.
:D

for Valentines day I will be showing my wife I love her just like I do every other day.

Though it is a nice excuse to go spend a bit on money on a dinner and a movie.

My wife is pampered daily though. She gets all the massages she wants and when I tell her that I dont love her anymore and I am leaving her she laughs at the obvious joke.

I like Valentine's Day. I don't think there's anything wrong with setting aside a special day because it builds anticipation and let's you know they're expecting something. Makes that whole Mars-Venus intercommunication thing a little easier. Also, if you treat them "special" everyday, it just means that it becomes mundane and it's not special. I'm not saying to not treat them good, but sometimes you have to put in a little extra effort.

By the way, I will be spending the weekend after with my sweetheart in Savannah, GA, in a bed and breakfast.

You know, I agree with you, I think if you really do love someone, you should let them know that everyday, instead of setting aside one day out of the year to do it.

Yeah. In love as well, although what I was realy thinking about was making every day as special an memorable as possible, to both yourself and those around you. And, of course, living for the moments that make the days so special. Works for love, as well.

Love is evol (just add an i in place of the o) Isn't it amazing how the two words are so similar yet so different? Well, they are one in the same! I renounce love! Lonliness loves company and I'm good company to have.

Uhm, don't look now, but is that Mount Etna erupting behind you?

Yeah. In love as well, although what I was realy thinking about was making every day as special an memorable as possible, to both yourself and those around you. And, of course, living for the moments that make the days so special. Works for love, as well.

This is true, certainly, but there's nothing wrong with having one day, and that in such a beastly month as February, to do something special for your loved one. Yes, it's all a plot by the greeting card companies and yadda, but hey, Valentine's Day is fun. Or it can be, if you make an effort.

So tell me, why do you hate Valentines Day, what are you doing for Valentines Day, and what did you buy for your better (or worse) half?

i don't hate valentine's day. this v-day is going to be the one-year anniversary of going out with my lovely, wonderful and sexy girlfriend Glitziness :)

to celebrate we're going to Amsterdam for a long weekend stay in a 4 star hotel in the city centre.... gonna be cool! :D


and yes, ruffy, we'll be sure to bring plenty of Star Trek ;) :p

8 more days, and it'll be the first time I've actually had a girlfriend on Valentine's Day. Closest I've come before now is one girl who broke up with me on Feb. 13. Keep your fingers crossed.

i don't hate valentine's day. this v-day is going to be the one-year anniversary of going out with my lovely, wonderful and sexy girlfriend Glitziness :)

to celebrate we're going to Amsterdam for a long weekend stay in a 4 star hotel in the city centre.... gonna be cool! :D


and yes, ruffy, we'll be sure to bring plenty of Star Trek ;) :p

The First Annual Purely Metallic Glitziness Fest! Congrats, kids!

This is true, certainly, but there's nothing wrong with having one day, and that in such a beastly month as February, to do something special for your loved one. Yes, it's all a plot by the greeting card companies and yadda, but hey, Valentine's Day is fun. Or it can be, if you make an effort.

I agree. Nothing wrong with it. Still don't like it, but that is beside the point. I've just made it a personal goal to make every day as memorable as possible, and don't understand why other people elevate whatever date to being "special" and then allow it to become as commercialized and silly as it generally is.

EDIT: And hey, I like February. Not the best month, but far from the worst.

The First Annual Purely Metallic Glitziness Fest! Congrats, kids!
Yay, thank you! :) :fluffle:
*does celebration dance :D*

what did you buy for your better (or worse) half?what better or worse half...


that's why I hate V-day.



maybe not hate, but I tend to not celebrate it.

Valentine's card to my hand as usual...

We all remember last year when I made a thread around this time bitching and moaning about Valentines Day being a pointless Hallmark Holiday. I still think that, but this year I did buy Kay a gift and a card. I brought her a choker (dog collars that they sell at Hot Topic) and a Valentines Day card. Why did I do it, I dunno, I guess I did it to show that I care about her. Anyways, for all of the Valentines Day rants, post, etc, will be put in here!

So tell me, why do you hate Valentines Day, what are you doing for Valentines Day, and what did you buy for your better (or worse) half?

Heh. Last year, I gave a girl I liked a card, a flower (I had to steal the damn thing), and a chocolate. Hey, I'm 13, I work on no money. For that, I gave pretty good stuff. You know what that did? Nothing.
Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero. Baccarat. Jackshit.

Heh. Last year, I gave a girl I liked a card, a flower (I had to steal the damn thing), and a chocolate. Hey, I'm 13, I work on no money. For that, I gave pretty good stuff. You know what that did? Nothing.
Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero. Baccarat. Jackshit.

Some girls are clueless, obviously. I blame Bill Clinton. Your instinct were good, however, hang in there.

and yes, ruffy, we'll be sure to bring plenty of Star Trek ;) :p

Yay!!

This year we're going to one of those Japanese restaurants where they make the onion volcanoes and throw the food around. There's a name for the type, but it escapes me.

Then we're going to team up on SW Galaxies and form a smuggler's guild.

It'll be a pretty good date.

This year we're going to one of those Japanese restaurants where they make the onion volcanoes and throw the food around. There's a name for the type, but it escapes me.

Then we're going to team up on SW Galaxies and form a smuggler's guild.

It'll be a pretty good date.

Teppanyaki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teppanyaki)?

Compulsory consumerism = love?

I'll pass.

There's no big holiday between Christmas and Easter to sell people stuff, and St. Patrick's Day is usually only for selling beer and green things (often one is the other), so "entrepeneurs" invented V-Day to help them redouble their Christmas profit efforts.

It isn't so much that the fake holiday pushes purchasing, but that it aims to make it feel like it's REQUIRED -- like you're a substandard human being if you don't consume/spend on V-Day.

Now, my lovely woman will receive the fruits of my labor (vanilla-oil massage), as she usually does, but this V-Day, as usual, will involve the extra "umph" of candlelight and another of the bath bombs I ordered from Lush months ago when they were on sale. The point is, there'll be no candy, no roses, and CERTAINLY no overpriced, NON-precious, common-as-cow-shit diamonds.

I think love is more about common courtsesy and consideration than it is anythng else.

In the words of Bill & Ted, "be excellent to each other".

Teppanyaki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teppanyaki)?

Yes! Thank you. Teppanyaki. :)

I hate Valentine's Day because no one ever cares about me, I spend half the day scuttling in and out of trash cans looking for food, and worst of all I'm a doctor that paid less than minimum wage. :(

You still have Luporum, you ALL still have Luporum. (http://images.43things.com/profile/00/04/1e/269824s160.jpg)

Pre-happy V-day, hope you all spend 10$ and get lucky.

For the past six years Valentine's Day has been nigh meaningless to me simply because I went into labor that day in 2001. You try giving birth to a 10lb. 4oz. kid that day (& fail, he was born the next day) & see how you like the holiday. Or, try to see how much candy & flowers you get the day before your kid's birthday. I didn't even get anything from the jerk I was dating when I was in labor that V-Day. He abandoned me at the hospital. :mad:

Anywhooo.... I have hopes (albeit small hopes) that perhaps I might get a little something this year, but money's tight & it's not likely.

For the past six years Valentine's Day has been nigh meaningless to me simply because I went into labor that day in 2001. You try giving birth to a 10lb. 4oz. kid that day (& fail, he was born the next day) & see how you like the holiday. Or, try to see how much candy & flowers you get the day before your kid's birthday. I didn't even get anything from the jerk I was dating when I was in labor that V-Day. He abandoned me at the hospital. :mad:

Anywhooo.... I have hopes (albeit small hopes) that perhaps I might get a little something this year, but money's tight & it's not likely.

Well ... sheesh. Have an early "Happy Valentine's Day" from me, hon. Oh, and try upping the kid's allowance while making subtle hints about what a wonderful holiday valentine's Day is and how Mommy's especially enjoy it. ;)

My bf doesn't really believe in Valentine's Day so much. I'm not sure if that means he's not going to do anything unless I specifically request it, but I get the feeling that that's the case.

I might make him a card and buy him a pepper mill, because making cards is fun and it would be nice if when I ate at his house and we had pepper in our food, I didn't bite into the occasional peppercorn.

I think Valentine's Day is patently superfluous.

I hereby declare that Valentine's Day shall no longer be a day for couples to celebrate their loves, as they should do that every day! Instead, it shall be a day for people without someone who loves them to complain about that fact! Who's with me?!

I wouldn't say I hate valentine's day, but I have no love for it.
It's just an excuse for companies to make money [/generic anti-valentine argument]

It'll be an excuse to go out for a nice dinner. On the 16th, because we're both busy that week.

I hereby declare that Valentine's Day shall no longer be a day for couples to celebrate their loves, as they should do that every day! Instead, it shall be a day for people without someone who loves them to complain about that fact! Who's with me?!
Not me. And I seriously doubt that no one loves you.

I wouldn't say I hate valentine's day, but I have no love for it.
It's just an excuse for companies to make money [/generic anti-valentine argument]
Right, and if someone called you up and said, "Hey, it's Valentine's Day next Wednesday, how about I take you out for a nice little dinner or maybe we just get together and make fun of people on NSG?" you'd repeat this?

Right, and if someone called you up and said, "Hey, it's Valentine's Day next Wednesday, how about I take you out for a nice little dinner or maybe we just get together and make fun of people on NSG?" you'd repeat this?

Probably.

I think Valentine's Day is patently superfluous.

Did you get my card?

I hate Valetines day , only ever got one card that ment anything. why shuold i have to spend my money

BAH HUMBUG!!!!!

We don't need love. All we really need are our hands and an internet connection. ;)

Well ... sheesh. Have an early "Happy Valentine's Day" from me, hon. Oh, and try upping the kid's allowance while making subtle hints about what a wonderful holiday valentine's Day is and how Mommy's especially enjoy it. ;)

Thanks. :)
Actually, I just got my V-Day gift - a Boston Creme Pie & will be getting the day to myself. I guess that's pretty ok... though not as nice as a night alone with my fiance, some candles & a bottle of champagne, but better than a sharp stick in the eye. :)