Valentine's Day is a dumbass tradition that people should ignore

[Thtwudbeme]

Honestly...for all you single people without a date...the fact that you don't have to tolerate anyone making a big deal out of a Hallmark Holiday is reason enough to get together with friends and watch a game or something.

Hell, go to Hooters.

Stephanie

[transeo]

1. I'll be drinking and burning mementos of my past partnership

But I'm not bitter. :hi:

[Thtwudbeme]

2. Oh, you should do that on a full moon

check the forum with all the pagans in it for advice on this one please.

[LeftyMom]

3. I certainly don't take it seriously

but any excuse to give my sweetie a gift is a good one, in my opinion. :D

[azmouse]

4. Is this part of the war on Valentine's Day?

:evilgrin:

[Midlodemocrat]

6. Dear God, what's next? St. Patrick's Day?

Have you no shame you dirty hippies?

[CatholicEdHead]

11. When does the "War on Easter" start?

[Thtwudbeme]

13. Well, cookie....the Catholic Church started the war on easter a long time

ago...when they decided to take a nice pagan holiday of spring fertility rites and add chocolate.

[ZombieNixon]

5. I was going to wait until the 14th to post something like this...

hell, I'll probably do it anyway.

What are you talking about, I'm not bitter...:yoiks:

Did my mope inspire this?

[Thtwudbeme]

8. It did! It reminded me that that stupid assed day was right around the

corner---

So, I decided to go ahead and get annoyed about it now. No time like the present!

[La Lioness Priyanka]

7. I love Valentines day

one of my favorite holidays

[skygazer]

9. I don't know

I'm not much on manufactured holidays and of course we should let the people we love know we love them all the time but people get so busy in life, they end up taking each other for granted. Whether it's Valentine's Day or your anniversary or something else, it's important to remember those things and take stock of them. I don't really have a problem with Valentine's Day - for the most part, I think it's kind of silly and sweet.

Now Christmas, on the other hand.... :hide:

[Thtwudbeme]

10. Holy cow....don't get me started on Christmas, and what a freaking

fiasco that has turned into.

I thought as I got into my forties, and Mom and Dad into their seventies...that we would all just quietly mellow---and Christmas would turn into Breakfast, Church, Fireplace...couple of presents....look at old photos/slides.....enjoy the old ornaments...talk about the grandparents...

But, hell no.

I got married, and BLAM...right back into "Spend a shitload of money on CRAP" day---

(it's not Michael's fault...he hates it worse than I do)

[skygazer]

12. I refuse to do it anymore

Flatly refuse. I don't decorate, I don't celebrate and I don't buy a single gift. Not even for my grown kids (who don't mind, not that it would matter much if they did since it's not supposed to be about receiving - yeah, right).

I do send cards to my family because we're all spread out across the country so it's the one time of the year when I contact all of them. But that's it. Bah humbug!

[LeftyMom]

15. I'm really thinking about opting out

I have no religious reason to celebrate and the waste involved really gets on my nerves. My father and sister'd have a shit fit, but they're grown ups and they'll adapt.

[MsAnthropy]

14. I'll take any excuse for chocolate

but BOY am I sick of the sickening advertising for this holiday.

[GalleryGod]

16. Then there's this Bon-Bon

[SOteric]

17. It's not dumb

if folks can use it to express themselves to those they care about (in all of the ways they may care). It's only dumb if it's inappropriately turned into some sort of contest, or one of life's little report cards.