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i thought it was the 14th. i'm not doing anything. but i'm going to a gig on the 15th with a friend who i adore.

w00t! thread is mine!

With all of the political discussion going on with super-tuesday and Reagan's birthday, we've forgotten the only truly important holiday this month- Feb. 7, known universally as the birthday of Charles Dickens. But once the raucous Victorian celebrations calm down, we turn to that other holiday. Valentines day. So, I turn to you, NSG community- what are you doing for valentines day? Plots, plans, etc. for sweetheart/significant other/Lunatic Goofballs?

Sadly, not plots or plans for me. :(

Sadly, not plots or plans for me. :(

Counting the days - 'til it's over.

Cry, drink heavily, cry more, drink, pray for another St. Valentines Day massacre, drunk dial an ex girlfriend, black out

With all of the political discussion going on with super-tuesday and Reagan's birthday, we've forgotten the only truly important holiday this month- Feb. 7, known universally as the birthday of Charles Dickens. But once the raucous Victorian celebrations calm down, we turn to that other holiday. Valentines day. So, I turn to you, NSG community- what are you doing for valentines day? Plots, plans, etc. for sweetheart/significant other/Lunatic Goofballs?

If you'd asked me a few months ago, I'd probably have something planned for the girl I once liked. But I don't like her anymore, so, nothing. Also, now that I don't like her, I see her so much more. I always knew something was out to get me.

Counting the days - 'til it's over.

I've never liked Valentines day. It was always my least favorite day of the year, since I was always the social outcast at school, and that became really apparent every February 14th. The one year I had something to look forward to, that went under...so yeah, I'm hoping to become comfortably numb until it's through.

I've never liked Valentines day. It was always my least favorite day of the year, since I was always the social outcast at school, and that became really apparent every February 14th. The one year I had something to look forward to, that went under...so yeah, I'm hoping to become comfortably numb until it's through.

Snap. Although, Christmas and my birthday are all jostling for pole position on "days I would avoid at all costs if I could".

I'm such a sour individual.

i thought it was the 14th. i'm not doing anything. but i'm going to a gig on the 15th with a friend who i adore.

w00t! thread is mine!

fuck, i really love her, and she's lonely. good job i'm good at restraint in these matters, plus i love her so much i only want the best fo her and i know i'm just about the worst. monosexuality sucks balls.

Snap. Although, Christmas and my birthday are all jostling for pole position on "days I would avoid at all costs if I could".

I'm such a sour individual.

Same here. For me, they are both close together, which sucks. Fortunately, some sweet gentle soul saw fit to give me a bottle of absinthe for my birthday.

I work, though my boy doesn't. We might get together for a bit of after-dinner snuggling, but otherwise, no plans for the day. He's not really the Valentine's type. *shakes a fist in his direction*

fuck, i really love her, and she's lonely. good job i'm good at restraint in these matters, plus i love her so much i only want the best fo her and i know i'm just about the worst. monosexuality sucks balls.

Welcome to the world guv'nor. I know the feeling.

I'm vaguely worried I've created a thread for people to tell me exactly what they hate about valentines day...


Muahahahaha....you've unleashed depression reincarnate!

Same here. For me, they are both close together, which sucks. Fortunately, some sweet gentle soul saw fit to give me a bottle of absinthe for my birthday.

*covets*

Well, nothing this year.

Having just broken up with my partner quite recently (after 4 years together - "girlfriend" didn't seem appropriate), I'm not really in the mood. :(

I'm vaguely worried I've created a thread for people to tell me exactly what they hate about valentines day...

this is the internet. 90% of the population is single, desperate and male. valentines is not a happy subject.

Same here. For me, they are both close together, which sucks. Fortunately, some sweet gentle soul saw fit to give me a bottle of absinthe for my birthday.

That's a birthday present I can believe in.

I'm vaguely worried I've created a thread for people to tell me exactly what they hate about valentines day...

I plan to make up a list of fake phone #s and put them in men's coat pocket as they have their Valentines Day Dinner. :D Fun times.

Also, I hate Valentines Day. Hell even if I did have a girlfriend for this day I wouldn't celebrate it. Such a pointless made-up holiday for Hallmark to take more of our money.

Beside if I'm going to pay for sex, I'll get a hooker, at least there's all she want is money and all I want is sex. There's no crap involving roses and chocolates. etc.

There's one thing I do like about the run-up to Valentines day: a man can walk into a shop and buy a box of nice chocolates without looking conspicuous. Hey, it's a rare treat. :D

Well I broke up with my new boyfriend this morning, so... nothing.

this is the internet. 90% of the population is single, desperate and male. valentines is not a happy subject.

Feh, speak for yourself. I'll be at the four seasons.

fuck, i really love her, and she's lonely. good job i'm good at restraint in these matters, plus i love her so much i only want the best fo her and i know i'm just about the worst. monosexuality sucks balls.

That's love, comrade, that's love. I know just how you feel too.

I'm still wondering if it is better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all.

I'd hazard that I'm being taken (dragged) to some horribly decorated eatery* or bar and ultimately wish I had just stayed home

of course Valentines falls on a Thursday so more accurately work and sleeping

*I forgot how to spell that place you sit at tables and eat :(

There's one thing I do like about the run-up to Valentines day: a man can walk into a shop and buy a box of nice chocolates without looking conspicuous. Hey, it's a rare treat. :D

don't forget frilly underwear ;)

edit: Infinite Revolution's sig quote has me feeling so honored :p

don't forget frilly underwear ;)

You mean the frilly underwear whose cost is inversely proportional to the amount of fabric used in it's manufacture? :p

Feh, speak for yourself. I'll be at the four seasons.

with a call girl.

Hmm, I might get flowers for my friend.

Edit: Straight male platonic friend, if it wasn't clear. We're weird like that.

I'm still wondering if it is better to have loved and lost then never to have loved at all.

the eternal dilemma.

You mean the frilly underwear whose cost is inversely proportional to the amount of fabric used in it's manufacture? :p

ah but not inversely proportional to the amount of fun you can have with such underwear

its like a child finding a vibrator I say (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPc9ARvoOs)

with a call girl.

but what if it isn't? (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23084610-2,00.html)

Indeed. Where else in the world can you have a frank discussion about Valentines day, argue bitterly over Super Tuesday, drag Reagan's corpse through the coals and bemoan the state of college sports, all in one place?

ah but not inversely proportional to the amount of fun you can have with such underwear

its like a child finding a vibrator I say (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPc9ARvoOs)

Lol finder's keepers!

but what if it isn't? (http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23084610-2,00.html)

heh! i can't see art consenting to be handcuffed though.

Welcome to the world guv'nor. I know the feeling.

That's love, comrade, that's love. I know just how you feel too.

aye, well, i've been there too many times before. i always fall in love with my closest friends. at least this time i'm cold enough to let it go without too much heartache.

I am seeing some friends in a humorous burlesque show at a bar. :D

ah but not inversely proportional to the amount of fun you can have with such underwear

its like a child finding a vibrator I say (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrPc9ARvoOs)

O...M...G. Best thing I ever watched. XD

heh! i can't see art consenting to be handcuffed though.

Let's just say that while handcuffs are very likely to be involved at the end of the night, they won't be on me, k?

A couple of my friends have their birthday on Valentine's day, so I may go out and celebrate with them at the pub.

Just gonna enjoy being single. I might go speed dating in the evening if my college sponsors it this year. I can guarantee there will be way too much chocolate involved in my day, though. (That's every day for me.)

Nothing. Kind of hard to celebrate Valentine's Day when your g.f. is halfway around the world.

Well, first I will accept the single roses that I will receive from my students, along with cards.

Then I will go to dinner that night with my parents, brother and sister-in-law, and nieces.

Then on Friday, I will travel to spend the weekend with my fiance.

There's one thing I do like about the run-up to Valentines day: a man can walk into a shop and buy a box of nice chocolates without looking conspicuous. Hey, it's a rare treat. :D

You can do that any time. ;) chocolates are always a good bet for the imaginary woman at home. ;)

Then I will go to dinner that night with my parents, brother and sister-in-law, and nieces.
Kinky.


:p

Going to Edinburgh with my lass. T'will be fun.

There's no such thing.

Trust me when I say there is.

I had too much one Easter... Never again! :headbang:

Just gonna enjoy being single. I might go speed dating in the evening if my college sponsors it this year. I can guarantee there will be way too much chocolate involved in my day, though. (That's every day for me.)

There's no such thing.

Try and find someone to buy me dinner X3

Ah, so you're broke?

Try and find someone to buy me dinner X3

Possibly play around with this for a while:

http://www.myblackvalentine.com/

What are you doing for valentines day?

Taking a midterm exam on social choice theory, heresthetics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_H._Riker), and the art of electoral manipulation in general. There will also be a 24-hour "Finish the Honors Paper Before The Deadline Marathon" immediately following said exam.

Woohoo.

Requisite letter and card, written and sent. ^_^

As for what I'll be doing, I'll be taking a midterm, while my girlfriend goes hiking in Scotland. All right for some...

most important day this month? not at all. that would be the first day of intercallery days, along about the 26th or whenever it is.

creating and exploring are what i live for, companionship and accumulation are not. my wife does aggree though, to head at least a little ways in the direction i prefer, even if its no longer a matter of exploring for either of us. up to auburn (california, just above the thousand foot elevation contour), to a little place called the flour garden bakery, as we've been doing every year now on the 14th.

=^^=
.../\...

There is a new holiday that occurs on February 14th and it is rising through the ranks.

This holiday is called:

Single Awareness Day

Celebrate the festivities as everyone who isn't not single, become even more aware that they are indeed single.

Ah, so you're broke?

Getting damn close! XD

fuck, i really love her, and she's lonely. good job i'm good at restraint in these matters, plus i love her so much i only want the best fo her and i know i'm just about the worst. monosexuality sucks balls.

If you really do love her, why not let her make the call whether you are good for her or not? I've been on the receiving end of "I'm your best friend and I love you but I'm such a mess-up that a relationship with me will be the worst thing ever for you so I'll just stand over here in my corner and pine and suffer and I'll tell you to please go to your corner and pine and suffer, just because I've decided to be the arbiter of what's good for you and what isn't, completely disregarding that you've known me for years and should pretty damn well be the better judge of it" and I tells ya, it's the most frustrating thing I've known in a long while.

Of course, if she says "I'm sorry but I think you won't be good for me", it's your noble responsibility as someone who loves her to back off, but it sure sounds as if it's just you who's preemptively making that call without asking for her opinion/feelings, and that, ironically, is a terribly selfish, chicken and mere self-protecting from possible risk to self thing.


P.S. Oh, as for Valentine's, I've always derided it for a commercialized sellers' trick when I was single (I seem to always have managed to have my relationships just so that I would be single on V-Day..), and actually not being single now hasn't changed that an iota and I hope I'm not mistaken in my perception that my boyfriend is of the same opinion. However, he's got huge gentleman aspiration and already brings chocolates or flowers at random intervals on regular days, so I fear he'll just get me something anyhow - which I'd hate; all I'm hoping for is maybe a nice extra cuddle just to show he cares. Though I'm hoping for that every day, so maybe that's misplaced in a V-Day thread.

Getting damn close! XD

Well, if you've still got the cash, you can pay for your own damn part of the meal. :p

<snip>
Though I'm hoping for that every day, so maybe that's misplaced in a V-Day thread.
I read that as VD-Day. 0_o

Plan:

13th February: Go to a club. Pull

14th February: Wake up next to a girl and spend the day with her.

I read that as VD-Day. 0_o

I can't say that's been intentional, but I wish it had been :]

Nothing. The bf will probably be out of town then or soon after. He'll also miss our anniversary, and it's conceivable we could've celebrated it on its actual date this year.

My boy and I talked about it some time ago. I don't like the holiday and don't see a point in celebrating it. He said he felt the same. It's just another way for greeting card and candy companies to rape you.

Nothing.

I never understood the point of that day... and why would I celebrate an American holiday as a German living in Ireland with an English boyfriend? :confused:

hehe
i win its my birthday on valentines day

Nothing.

I never understood the point of that day... and why would I celebrate an American holiday as a German living in Ireland with an English boyfriend? :confused:

Duh, because you'll get chocolate and sex.

Valentines day is at an inconvenient time for me this year, I probably won't do anything. I have a significant other all year so meh, we can do something when I am not so busy.

... is alone time for me. :(

There's no such thing.

Good point, but I've got a friend who's losing weight. I finally figured out how he's doing it: what he loses right now, I'm putting on.

Duh, because you'll get chocolate and sex.

Just like the rest of the year then :)

Buy something sweet and probably something shiny, give it to the wife, and pretend I give a rat's ass that it's Valentine's Day. The only day that's worse is Sweetest Day. At least Valentine's Day has the excuse of being a legitimate holiday that was hijacked by greed. Sweetest Day was created by it.

I'll be driving down to Bedford on the 14th for some wind tunnel training on the 15th followed by a trip to Langar airfield on the 16th and 17th.

My girlfriend will be travelling home to East Sussex for a consultation to have a tonsillectomy

T'is romantic as hell I tells ya ;)

I don't have a girlfriend or any sort of "significant other" (yeah, pity me :rolleyes:). So I'll:

A: Laugh at the poor saps who need to buy gifts for their boyfriends/girlfriends on this completely irrelevant corporate holiday, while simultaneously nursing my lonely bitterness.

B: See if my campus is doing anything fun, like "dating games" or "matchmaking" or what have you.

C: Treat it like any other day: study, relax, the basics.

Avoiding it, if at all possible.

Duh, because you'll get chocolate and sex.

And... that would make it different from any other day how? :confused:

CUPID, n.
The so-called god of love. This bastard creation of a barbarous fancy was no doubt inflicted upon mythology for the sins of its deities. Of all unbeautiful and inappropriate conceptions this is the most reasonless and offensive. The notion of symbolizing sexual love by a semisexless babe, and comparing the pains of passion to the wounds of an arrow -- of introducing this pudgy homunculus into art grossly to materialize the subtle spirit and suggestion of the work -- this is eminently worthy of the age that, giving it birth, laid it on the doorstep of prosperity.


LOVE, n.
A temporary insanity curable by marriage or by removal of the patient from the influences under which he incurred the disorder. This disease, like caries and many other ailments, is prevalent only among civilized races living under artificial conditions; barbarous nations breathing pure air and eating simple food enjoy immunity from its ravages. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than to the patient.


INTIMACY, n.
A relation into which fools are providentially drawn for their mutual destruction.

Two Seidlitz powders, one in blue
And one in white, together drew
And having each a pleasant sense
Of t'other powder's excellence,
Forsook their jackets for the snug
Enjoyment of a common mug.
So close their intimacy grew
One paper would have held the two.
To confidences straight they fell,
Less anxious each to hear than tell;
Then each remorsefully confessed
To all the virtues he possessed,
Acknowledging he had them in
So high degree it was a sin.
The more they said, the more they felt
Their spirits with emotion melt,
Till tears of sentiment expressed
Their feelings. Then they effervesced!
So Nature executes her feats
Of wrath on friends and sympathetes
The good old rule who don't apply,
That you are you and I am I.





-Courtesy of Ambrose Bierce.

Valentines Day... This is some great thing for business - everyone runs into the shops and buys something. If I love someone, I needn't show him this with presents. What's so special about 14th February? It's just an ordinary thursday for me.

February is that bleak, unpleasant month between January (New Year) and March (Spring). It's generally slushy, muddy, overcast and chilly. Occasionally, it snows, but the snow seldom sticks or it turns dirty, then mucky. Without Valentine's Day, there would be nothing to give it interest and a lot of people would die from boredom. Unfortunately, Valentine's Day emphasizes the fact that most people are either not in a relationship or are in a bad one, causing despair - which to my mind is not preferable to boredom.

February is that bleak, unpleasant month between January (New Year) and March (Spring). It's generally slushy, muddy, overcast and chilly. Occasionally, it snows, but the snow seldom sticks or it turns dirty, then mucky. Without Valentine's Day, there would be nothing to give it interest and a lot of people would die from boredom. Unfortunately, Valentine's Day emphasizes the fact that most people are either not in a relationship or are in a bad one, causing despair - which to my mind is not preferable to boredom.

I'm recently single, but not despairing at the prospect of V-day. It saves me money and gives me more time to enjoy the company of friends.

This is the time of year I matchmake. I haven't succeeded at all this year! I will ignore my own lack of romantic life and meddle in others lives. I wish this day were at a nicer time of year. Like June.

hehe
i win its my birthday on valentines day

Happy (early) birthday.

Well, if you've still got the cash, you can pay for your own damn part of the meal. :p

But that's not what Valentine's Day is all about! Everyone knows it's about milking the gifts X3

The wife is taking me out for dinner. She hasn't said where, so it will be a nice surprise.

Wait, what's happening February 14th? :confused:

I'm going to dinner with a friend.

I plan on going to Mass, to celebrate the Feast of St. Valentine.
That's what everyone does, right?

We usually do nothing special. However this year, my boyfriend seems to be making plans, which is most confusing. I don't know if I'm supposed to be putting effort in too :confused:

I gotta do something sweet but free for my wife... any ideas guys?

She's kinky and easily impressed.

Obviously, she married me.

I gotta do something sweet but free for my wife... any ideas guys?

She's kinky and easily impressed.

Obviously, she married me.

Make her breakfast in bed. A breakfast of strawberries and cream. And bring it to her naked.

;)

Senior skip day.

Make her breakfast in bed. A breakfast of strawberries and cream. And bring it to her naked.

;)

Five words:
Your dick in a box.

Valentines day. So, I turn to you, NSG community- what are you doing for valentines day? Plots, plans, etc. for sweetheart/significant other/Lunatic Goofballs?

Nothing. Absolutely nothing, nichts, nulla, nada, rien, ničego! Both I and my fiancee despise Valentine's Day, Mommy's Day, Daddy's Day etc.

My girlfriend's birthday's on the 15th. It's going to be a very expensive two days...

My girlfriend's birthday's on the 15th. It's going to be a very expensive two days...

My Dad's birthday is on the 14th, so he gets more stuff than most people would on Valentines. I'll probably get him some wine.

Myself and the girlfriend are celebrating Christmas on Feb 14.
Seriously, I'm going to roast a turkey joint with some veg, we'll have that with champagne, then pig out on some chocolates afterwards.
Going to put up some tinsel and stuff, get hold of some Christmas crackers if possible.

Why? Not sure. But it seemed like a good idea when I came up with it...

Myself and the girlfriend are celebrating Christmas on Feb 14.
Seriously, I'm going to roast a turkey joint with some veg, we'll have that with champagne, then pig out on some chocolates afterwards.
Going to put up some tinsel and stuff, get hold of some Christmas crackers if possible.

Why? Not sure. But it seemed like a good idea when I came up with it...

This is the best idea I have ever heard. Seriously, this beats democracy.

I gotta do something sweet but free for my wife... any ideas guys?

She's kinky and easily impressed.

Obviously, she married me.

Make her breakfast in bed. A breakfast of strawberries and cream. And bring it to her naked.

;)

And a split of champagne. Works like a charm. ;)

Make her breakfast in bed. A breakfast of strawberries and cream. And bring it to her naked.

;)

Even better, cover yourself in strawberries and cream, while naked. :p

And a split of champagne. Works like a charm. ;)

Yes!

Even better, cover yourself in strawberries and cream, while naked. :p

Even MOAR Yes!