Single Girl Caitlin
Valentine’s Day to me equals just another day. The only difference is you see a lot of red and pink everywhere you go. You can’t just avoid it like the plague – unless you live under a rock. When you aren’t in a relationship and have become independent and no longer need someone to be there for you, then this day doesn’t even faze you anymore.
If I did have a significant other, then Valentine’s Day would be just like any other day for me. I’m not that big of a chocolate fan, and most girls receive that as a gift because the stores suggest chocolate is the way to a woman’s heart. Wow, no.
One year when in a relationship, I was given a massively huge stuffed teddy bear and an equally massive huge balloon to go with it. I’ve never liked to brag and show off to people, so being in a relationship was like having a stamp on my face, saying, “Get ready: lavish gifts ahead.” I had to lug this enormous gift around with me all through my classes. Then, my boyfriend got upset about me not enjoying the idea of heaving around heavy things all day plus books. Whoops! Anyhow, no one could concentrate that day in class, not just due to my gifts but to everyone else’s in the class as well. I think this holiday is a big distraction, interfering with learning and should be left to celebrate after classes are out. I think, like most normal people, that if you care for someone, you should show them every day and not wait until the Hallmark holiday comes around once a year to show off to your significant other and everyone surrounding you. Valentine’s Day is just stressful, way too expensive and distracting. You know that restaurants will have a much longer waiting time because who can’t show love without eating in front of someone? You have to think about what you’re going to do before, during and after the dinner while wondering what your significant other is going to do for you. It’s like a big mind game that nobody has time for.
Celebrating care for one another would be much easier if it was warm like in May. All the flowers have bloomed due to all the rain in April, and you could spend quality time at a park out of range of the cell service towers so that technology wouldn’t get in the way of the time you’re spending together. That would show real connection, and who wouldn’t want to listen to someone talk for long periods of time about themselves? But really, Valentine’s Day is a made up holiday for the floral and chocolate industry so they don’t go under at the end of the fiscal year.
Single Guy John
My feelings about Valentine’s Day change every year. Last year around this time, I had an amazing girlfriend and was really excited to celebrate with her, but over the summer we broke up, and now I have no a significant other. Now that it is almost Valentine’s Day, it really just reminds me of how much I miss her and how alone I feel. Last year I was so happy to have someone love me so much. Valentine’s Day just reminds me of how sad it is to be alone. Forever alone.
Seeing other people so happy and looking forward to this holiday really angers me. I see people getting gifts for their significant others and buying them flowers and stuffed animals, and all I really want is for someone to buy me some chocolate and love me. I dread walking into Walmart this time of year because it just reminds me that I have no one to spoil on this special day of love. It’s funny because everyone thinks it is the stupidest holiday, but when you have someone special in your life, it seems like the most amazing day of the year.
I don’t know why I am single. If I had a valentine this year, I would plan an amazing date. I would start by picking her up in the finest rental car with a dozen red roses and possibly doves flying out of the front seat. I would open the door for her and be a gentleman. We would then get dinner at the local Country Cookin’ and share a piece of yummy apple pie for desert. I would get her roommate to decorate her room with rose petals, candles and stuffed animals and put on Tyler, the Creator before we got back. Hopefully she would be surprised and we could see where the night would lead to, hopefully ending with a sandwich because all this running around with her would give me an appetite; if she’s lucky, I might even make it myself.
Unfortunately, this Valentine’s Day will not be as interesting. I will probably end up sitting alone in my room, stuffing my face with pre-bought chocolate chip cookies and watching Lifetime movies or listening to Justin Bieber songs on repeat. Hopefully I can find a girl as lonely and desperate as me to spend this holiday with. I have a bad feeling that my dream Valentine’s Day date is already spending the holiday with a rich, Hampden- Sydney guy because I’m poor and can’t give her all the gifts she wants.
