Happy(?) Valentine's Day

[Father Uncle Oscar]

St. Valentine is being celebrated this year, which only reminds me of how lonely I am. And of how proud I am to not be in a relationship. I have been in my town's school system since I started, and I can't stand when people my age, who have also been with each other the past 11 years, are practically getting it in in front of everybody. These guys feel like brothers and sisters to me, and it's very disturbing to watch. Also, "true love" is simply a joke at my age. Nothing is ever going to last, so why bother? I'm not going to waste my time trying to spend 2 weeks with a girl I'll probably be attracted to for 3 or so days. I'm just gonna sit back, relax, and hang out with my friends before my time to enjoy their company is up.

I realize that this could be the same for some of you here, no matter what your problem is. Whether it's people in your school, or being single, or even not believing in true love. Everybody has their reasons for their disliking of Valentine's Day. What's yours?

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?

 

[lenguy]

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?

I've never cared for the holiday, even if I'm with somebody. I don't need some stupid holiday to tell me that I need to love/do something special for my significant other. Even if you don't have somebody, I find its just another day to remind all us single people just what we don't have. It can get very depressing for some. I just flat out don't give two shits about valentines day.

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"

The thought of love at first sight is very cliche to me. I'm always hearing about how somebody notices somebody and its zomg love at first sight. How can you possibly love somebody you have never meet and know nothing about? If anything you just feel in love with his/her looks and for all you know, could be a complete douche personality wise. More or less I find its lust at first sight more than anything. Then there are those rare cases where you do end up being together with that person you had "loved at first sight" until death do you part.

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?

Nope. Broke up with my girlfriend a few days ago, she was a psycho bitch and probably feels miserable right now but I don't care. Be nice if I could of spent it with somebody who wasn't as controlling and demanding as her but thats not the case this year. Sucks to be her.

 

[SalvIsWin]

St. Valentine is being celebrated this year, which only reminds me of how lonely I am. And of how proud I am to not be in a relationship.

This seems like a contradiction. If national couples day makes you lonely how can you feel proud to not be with anyone?

Also, "true love" is simply a joke at my age. Nothing is ever going to last, so why bother? I'm not going to waste my time trying to spend 2 weeks with a girl I'll probably be attracted to for 3 or so days. I'm just gonna sit back, relax, and hang out with my friends before my time to enjoy their company is up.

How old are you? JC.

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?

I like Valentines day, it's a good excuse to do something special. If you're young, or a student like I am, you have to be frugal. It's not often that my girlfriend and I can do something expensive because we're both pinching pennies, but obviously we can every once in a while, and Valentines is one of those days.

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"

No, in my opinion you can't really love someone without knowing anything about them, or how you relate to them. I suppose you could if you stalked them and therefore knew everything about them haha, but that's different of course. I do believe that there can be inherent interest, or where you know very quicky that this is someone you want to get to know.

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?[/B]

Sure do. We stayed in, she made an expensive dinner for me, and I bought her the traditional flowers & chocolates plus some other items. Standard stuff.

 

[Hollywood Naitch]

I just did the standard stuff, nice meal in, bottle of champage, a few small presents etc. Nothing out of the ordinary.

I don't really class Valentines Day as important, but my GF does. I try and do nice things for her throughout the year, rather than just on one day. I suppose its just a day to celebrate your love for each other, nothing more nothing less.

No, love at 1st site is bullshit. You cannot love someone without knowing their personality, and obviously you have to spend time with someone to do that. First sight will give you a look at thwir appearance and thats it. You can lust at 1st sight, not love.

 

[6timehitta]

Yea, yet again I'll agree with my boy The Natural. Me and my lady stayed in yesterday. Well mostly on account that we couldn't find a baby sitter for lil 6time, but sometimes it's awesome to be with the one you wanna spend your life with. Alot of time in people's lives, especially nowadays, work and school, or friends, or hobbies consume your life. So one or two days a month with your loved one, is always a nice thing. It's days like Valentines day that build relationships stronger. Or in a case of someone who forgot like my dad, get him no action for the nxt couple weeks....... DOH!!!!!

 

[Father Uncle Oscar]

This seems like a contradiction. If national couples day makes you lonely how can you feel proud to not be with anyone?

To me, Valentine's Day is a reminder that being in a relationship isn't for everyone. Some people have that special someone in their lives, and that's great for them. But for those who aren't looking for someone or are having trouble finding someone, Valentine's Day should be a reminder to enjoy the people you already have in your life.

How old are you? JC.

I'm 16.

 

[#hamler]

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?

Well, it's just another day in my life. I don't make a big deal about it. Although my girl friend does. Valentine's Day 2009, was when I first asked her out so she likes to make it out to something huge, even though she totally denied me at first. I like to see her happy but in all honesty, people make it out to be bigger than it really is.

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"

True love, yeah. I believe there are still individuals that belong with each other. There are people who know what love really is and nothing could ever destroy their love for said person. As for Love at first sight, no. There is no way you can love someome as soon as you lay your eyes on them. You can always judge by looks but there is no way one can love at first sight.

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?[/B]

Yeah. Of course. This year she came over and I gave her a bracelet and a portrait I drew her and we layed on the couch for a while holding each other. Nothing really too special other than being alone for a good while and believe it or not, we watched RAW together. Had a little fun afterwards and it was overall a great night.

 

[Notorious718]

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?

Don't really care much for it. I'm single but I'm not gonna cry about it and go on and on about how lonely I am. All day yesterday, people on my Facebook were going on and on about how "ZOMG VALENTINES DAY IZ OVERATED LOL!!!11" and how much it sucks. It seemed almost like Bitter Singles Day than anything else. As for Valentine's Day itself though, I think I lot of people (mostly people in high school) have this feeling to NEED a significant other on the day, otherwise it sucks. I'm not sure why they do. I there's already enough pressure in maintaining good relationships with people without expecting yourself to live up to some romantic ideal on Valentine's Day. Personally, I think most of the people I know stress out about Valentine's Day too much. To me, it's just another day. February 14th, nothing more.

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"

Nah. It sounds too cliched for my taste. In my opinion, one will know when they've met "the one" for them. If it happens, it happens. And if it doesn't, then it doesn't.

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?[/B]

Hah. Not at all. But I do take pleasure in having friends that do have that special someone in their lives and I always feel happy for them. Most of my friends usually take their significant others out to some fancy dinner or something.

 

[Calderownz]

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?

1. It's another holiday, really. No true opinion on it. However, any day can be a god day with that special person if you spend it right. If this day reminds you to do that in a world that can leave you a bit busy at times, it's not too bad. Sure, it's big business, but that's life.

2. True love, sure. Not undying love. Love is a job like everything else in life. You have to work at it. There's no ONE PERSON for anyone, but there is one person you can find to be happy to spend your life with. Just have to find one of those people and hold on to them. It's tough, but that's life, once again.

Love at first sight? No. Lust/interest? Yes.

3. Depends on if we're in the mood or if we just want to enjoy each others company. Generally, we do. A little dinner and a movie never hurt anybody.

 

[Richard]

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?

While I can see why people say, "Oh, Valentines Day is just commercialised" etc etc, I don't see any problem in doing anything special for your partner. As pointed out before most people don't get to do something or buy something really nice for their partner besides birthday or christmas if you celebrate it.

For Valentines this year, I suprised my girlfriend after she finished Tafe and gave her a necklace I got for her. I can't do those things a lot so I don't see why doing it is such a bad thing to some people. Yes, I know you can show your partner you love them every day, I do, I tell her I love her every day, etc all that stuff but I can't afford to do what I done all the time.

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"

I do believe in true love, but not really love at first sight.

You can really, truely love someone but start off as just friends or just liking each other normally first. With my girlfriend, when we went on our first date as nothing more than just friends, yeah I liked her a lot but I wouldn't say I was in love with her as soon as I saw her walking up to me or something like that. Although since I haven't had this 'love at first sight' it might exist, but I haven't experienced it.

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?

Well, as I said before what I done. It has been our first Valentines together and she had Tafe/College so I could only see her for an hour or so after she finished we didn't really get much chance to spend much time together. We just hung out for a bit and I took her back home on the train.

 

[Ruthless-RKO]

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?
It's bullshit, valentines day isn't even a real holiday and is just a day where the guys are supposed to treat their girlfriends like princesses, when in fact they should be doing that every day of the year anyway..

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"
Yes, why not, it can easily happen, you see someone for the first time and BAM you've been hit by a bus! Just kidding, you see someone and you just want that person right at that moment, if you don't do something about it straight away, then you're definitely getting hit by a bus!

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?
I was supposed to celebrate it this year, was going to go out to a meal or watch a movie.. but it didn't happen.. O well its life!!! Don't really care too much!

 

[Dagger Dias]

My opinion of Valentine's Day (up until this year) was that it was a bogus holiday that should be done away with due to the fact that I hated that there was a day devoted to spending time with that special significant other in your life, when I was going through a time when dating was a struggle. This year was the first year ever in my life that I had someone to spend that day with. So my opinion changed slightly towards the neutral end of the spectrum rather than being so against it. I still think it can be done away with, but it really is special when you have someone amazing to spend it with. I absolutely believe in love at first sight. I'm living proof of it. My wife and I met April of 2010 and got married in August of 2010. Some people would say we rushed, but we fell in love instantly and this is forever. Does it happen all the time though? Not a chance. It's rare, but it does exist. Both of us had always had bad experiences on Valentines Day so it was a special moment for us to have each other to spend it with this year.

 

[LilacFray]

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?

There IS a nice meaning behind Valentine's Day and many I know use it as a day to show their BF or GF the love for one another. Everyday should be something like Valentine's Day but most girls DO like to feel loved, special and flattered with all the gifts and stuff on a certain day like that, yes. And the guys have fun seeing them happy too.. Right?

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"

About True Love, I believe nothing's permanent.. I think there's True Love but like Calderownz said, not Undying Love. Like I think Love does fade away softly with time as you grow old but in the end, you DO care for eachother alot (I love watching lovey grandparent-couples sitting together in parks and places like that in a really sweet way :3) But about Love at First sight.. Loving another for how he/she looks like at the first time you see them? I feel like the word "Love" shouldn't be used for that kinda thing.. Well maybe, who knows, maybe there could be that thing where there are some sparks when you meet but Love at first sight? Oh come on...

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?

No special someone. Hmm

 

[Xemmy]

What are your opinions on Valentine's Day?
I think it's wrong to have one day of the year to try and make a loved one feel special. That's something that should be reoccuring more than once a year. I know people can't afford to do it everyday, but setting that out for once a year when everyone else is doing it silly. What are we, animals that only breed at certain times of the year? e_e

Do you believe in "true love" or "love at first sight?"

No. What evidence is there that those things exist. We love someone because they satisfy paticular needs, and they love us because we satsify their needs. Whether it be interesting conversation, sex, smell, and anything else you can think of just satisfys the need of an ideal partner.

Also, do you and/or your special someone celebrate this holiday? If so, how so?
I don't celebrate it, though I do enjoy the discount candy after it's over.