the scariest day of the year!

to be single on valentine's day...

(or if you're a guy with many girlfriends, all of whom think they're you're one and only)

(or if you're the only girl in the office whose SO doesn't send her flowers)

last valentine's day i had just recently broken up with my long-time bf and totally wasn't ready to think about dating. i'm still a little ambivalent

the about.com coping with being single on valentine's is kinda good

gave me some ideas

i just booked a 30 minute massage for saturday morning

i'm going to buy some $5 gas cards at Sheetz and give them away to random people who have to work that day, i'm going to attach them to little valentines like we used to give away in grade school

and i'm gonna see if i can round up the girls to go see He's Just Not That Into You that evening...

should be a fun day!

V-Day is a bummer when you are single and dont have a SO.  OP, careful about seeing that movie.  I saw it last Friday and left the theater bummed beyond belief.  It is very realistic except for the hokey endings.

My gfs and I talked and we decided to stay away from restaurants on that night...we're meeting at a friends home for a night of games. 

I do like the idea of random acts of kindness....but think I will take it to the coffee place and buy some people in line coffee.

Thanks for the idea!

I have a great Valentine's tradition with my friends.  It's a night when all us girls get together, have a glass of wine and maybe something chocolatey...and then sit down to watch a horror movie!!  And that is whether we are single or attached!

devilish_patsy- I completely agree with you about the movie... I loved it till they tidied it up at the end... I was extremely disappointed at the end... as were all my girlfriends... that said, the woman sitting on the other side of me was crying... seriously??? :-)

I don't mind the holiday. I am single and my girlfriends and I are going out for drinks that night... actually, I think it's better to be alone than to feel this pressure to have a date when you know the person is wrong for you (can you tell I broke up with someone two weeks ago?)

I teach swim lessons in the evening during the week, so I bought Valentine's for my kids, so I am looking forward to giving those out! :-)

PS. I like to watch horror movies on V-day too... I have seen a scary movie several V-days in a row... there must be a reason all the scary movies come out during February.

We are going to see a local band up in the mountains at a really cool old rustic bar/club. We will probably have a small meal somewhere not too expensive before we get there...we have also invited freinds. I am ordering my sons a heart-shaped pepperoni pizza and giving them some cards and chocolate...after all, it's a day about love...not just being "in" love.

I was actually thinking that we needed a thread like this!

I've always been single on Valentine's, so I'm pretty well used to it.  I did start my own little tradition of wearing black a few years ago, though.  This year, I'm actually "volunteering" at a museum.  Afterwards, I'll probably get a movie and watch it that evening, and eat something I like...

Original Post by lizzie6580:

devilish_patsy- I completely agree with you about the movie... I loved it till they tidied it up at the end... I was extremely disappointed at the end... as were all my girlfriends... that said, the woman sitting on the other side of me was crying... seriously??? :-)

 

lol I don't mean to turn this thread into a discussion about this movie, but I don't see how they "tidied" it up at the end? Not everyone got their happy ending.  

(don't want to give anything away)

So actually from a female point of view we have covered quite a bit.  Any guys out there doing anything?  What do single guys do on a Saturday night which just happens to be V-day?

Do they get together w/ their buddies and drink, belch and watch horror movies (or something racier?).  What do you do single guys????

This is the first valentines day since I've been 12 that I haven't had a valentine really. My boyfriend's 300 miles away - he sent me a package but I'm going to be depressed as all hell that day. I need to find some girlies to make me feel better. I was thinking of seeing "he's just not that into you" with a friend on sunday....saturday I was planning on going shopping during the day and hopefully out at night!

Hubby and I will have a meal at Friendly's. We're pretty simple/plain people. We don't need a fancy restaurant or anything like that. We go to Friendly's for every occasion (birthdays, anniversary, v-day). Plus, their ice cream is delicious! :D

Same thing single guys do every other Saturday: Roll out of bed at 10. Play video games for a couple of hours, lunch at Hooters, home for another three hours of 'Sports Center', dinner at Hooters.  

My DD and I just finished filling out her FASFA today and THAT was far scarier than any holiday could be!

I like thinking of V-Day as an all out "love fest" of sorts, not just something between DH and I. 

My closest friends are all getting berry scented votive candles and locally made chocolate "suckers" this year.  I also send Valentine's to my family and friends just to let them know I love them - plus I know they like getting REAL mail in the blah days of winter.  I usually throw in a fun photo or two of something from the past year and I tend to get funny, silly cards.

Back in my single days, a group of us unattched folks or those who couldn't be with their SO one V-Day planned a dinner - each person bringing one thing be it a bottle of wine, some sort of appetizer, etc.  We had about 15 of us and it was a great night!  We had such fun that we did that three years in a row.  Never failed my SO at the time, who was a cop, had to work on V-Day so I was the ring leader.

Original Post by monarch777:

We are going to see a local band up in the mountains at a really cool old rustic bar/club. We will probably have a small meal somewhere not too expensive before we get there...we have also invited freinds. I am ordering my sons a heart-shaped pepperoni pizza and giving them some cards and chocolate...after all, it's a day about love...not just being "in" love.

That's it!! I'm spending it with my family...we are all going to cook dinner and probably talk all night hahaha

My BF and I will spend the evening at home watching a couple of movies and having a fondue ... I did buy him a couple little things - though I like giving him things all year round not just on V-day.  Normally, it's a low key day for me regardless of whether I am with someone or not - it's just a day and I'd rather let the people that I love know it every day and not just on one day. 

My BF and I have started a little tradition of "Opposite Day" for VD.  We'll go out and do stuff we normally would not do or care to do and have a blast.  Last year we went to go see "Rambo" and eat at Applebees (gag) afterwards.  It was fun and funny.

VD was just any other day when I was single though.  It never depressed me. :)

90% of the time I'm single on Valentines Day, it definitely sucks. The worst part is it's my birthday...so there's no escaping it!!!
I usually go out to dinner and drinks with a group of friends. This year I'm doing that both Friday and Saturday, then hanging out with a kid I'm sort of seeing Sunday.

Definitely one of the lamest days of the year. I hate Valentines Day cards, they are the absolute worst.

Happy Birthday (on Saturday) jblarg!!!!

Original Post by devilish_patsy:

What do single guys do on a Saturday night which just happens to be V-day?

 

Sit alone in the dark and cry?

after lunch at Hooters and before Sports Center comes on... ;)

Original Post by nomoreexcuses:

Happy Birthday (on Saturday) jblarg!!!!

 Thanks!

The day is only scary if he is your valentine.