Shoutbox

Basically, a discussion on weather you like Valentines Day or not, and why =P

My Initial input;

It's more of just a commercial 'holiday', all it's really doing is creating money for the company's that specialize in it. And it's kinda a big, long, sharp, stick in the eye for those without a loved one.

Plus, if you really loved you special someone, everyday would be 'Valentines Day', you would make every day a special day for them, why is it that we need a day to express our love for our boyfriends/girlfriends? Surely we can just do that on any day, because after all, we are supposed to love them.

Also, is their some sort of weird pressure type thing, that you HAVE to go out and do lots of nice things and spend lots of money of your boy/girl? Do we do it so we don't look bad and uncaring?


Now go, discuss =p

I hate it. Mainly because i have never had anyone to spend it with. Just seeing people with their partners on Valentines day just makes me feel left out and lonely....


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I'm alone this year but i wasted money in the past,

Last year i bought a limited edition replica of the corpse bride for my girlfriend at the time, a month later we split up that thing cost alot

Meh, at the end of the day, it's really up to you how you celebrate Valentines day.  If you're with someone who forces you to spend lot's of money on them, then you're with the wrong person.

Free will for the win?

As for hating it because you're single... that's life. C'est la vie.

So I like Valentines day.  (but just because I'm not single )

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Originally posted by Dazmo
I hate it. Mainly because i have never had anyone to spend it with. Just seeing people with their partners on Valentines day just makes me feel left out and lonely....

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X2.

Mind, I did actually send a valentines card this year, along with a rose. But that was just for fun.

i had to give girl advice to frenchford lol

Why this day? Why do I have to do all this stuff to tell the girl I love/care for her?

If I did the same thing the week before, would I automatically have to do it again just because it is Valentines Day?

In my honest opinion, I hate it. It's a money making scheme. They up the prices on flowers and cards especially I've found. It's a load of crap. My girlfriend and I don't believe in it.

EDIT: I've been trying to find this video for over a day. This pretty much sums up how I feel about Valentines Day: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtjGgD9bMsM

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Originally posted by alexp2_ad
Meh, at the end of the day, it's really up to you how you celebrate Valentines day.  If you're with someone who forces you to spend lot's of money on them, then you're with the wrong person.

Free will for the win?

As for hating it because you're single... that's life. C'est la vie.

So I like Valentines day.  (but just because I'm not single )

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^ Pretty much how i feel... I'm lucky enough to have found someone and we are just right for each other... We dont get each other loads of gifts or buy into the whole commercial crap, we mostly draw for each other doing little quirky sketches... we've got an inside comic strip going on Although, saying that we still buy presents for each other, just not how say my friend deals with it.. 'oh i'm getting my gf this, and this, and this and this... oh and im gonna get her this as well.. gonna cost me loads, what're you getting?' And tbh we both bitch about them because all they do is waste (bit of a harsh word, but spend implies you're buying something you're going to keep for more than three days =p) money on each other...

Although saying that, we're spending today together so i guess you could say we still fall for the trap, but we're just spending it together, walking around and talking like usual...

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I'm indifferent to it. Its like any other day for me. You can show your affection towards your loved ones any of the other 364 days too imo

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