Anyone have a *good* valentine's day?

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Oh, where I live is a day ahead of the US, so this might seem a bit early to some of you. But maybe that's a good thing. Anyway... I don't know why so much depression and loneliness is centered around this day... I'm single, and I want a girl... I saw heaps of couples, and it didn't really bother me. I received two cards. One was a joke, but a genuinely funny joke from one of my best friends. The other was a really sweet little message on a heart shaped piece of paper... it wasn't that the girl who gave it to me likes me specifically, she was just acknowledging the fact that we're all looking for someone, and that my time will come. The message could have been written to anyone, but it still made me feel really good that someone cared enough to write it to me.

At the same time, there were some obviously bitter people around. People who I thought were happy. This one girl I saw in the hallway crying her eyes out, with another girl saying "he wasn't worth it" ... or something to that effect. Then the sour looks I got when I received my valentines, like I was getting some great amazing thing that will make me eternally happy that they were missing out on. The last was the one which really got me pissed off, I was studying in the library someone asked half jokingly if I'd got any valentines. I said I got two, he seemed honestly happy for me, even though neither of them were that significant. But the girl who was sitting next to him, was obviously in a bad mood about something and she says to me from across the table "you're in", and suggesting basically that it meant the girls that gave them to me only want to have sex with me, and she said it really coldly and sarcastically. She was also asked if she had any valentines, and, of coarse, she avoided the question. When she got up to leave later on, she pushed someone's books off the table in a really angry way. Why? I don't know... but I think it's kind of stupid how some people put so much emphasis and expectation into Valentine's, so much so that they know they're going to be miserable. It's such a trivial thing, that doesn't have any true meaning at all... at least in this day and age. But it can still be celebrated and enjoyed by single people. Like the little heart-shaped message I got. And I don't think the purpose of valentine's was ever to say that you must be with someone on that particular day in order to be happy. And if you don't, you have to be left out and miserable. I think it's just a lighthearted way of showing affection despite who you are. I think it all comes down to what you want to make of it.

Anyway, that's what I have to say about valentine's. I had a genuinely decent day, and I don't often say that. So what's your take on it?

WOW, you really freaked me out!
I thought I missed Valentine's day!

My daughter is the only one I was gonna get something for.

I'm sitting here wondering what day this is and when valentine's day happened... this weekend?... yesterday?... LOL

I'm not too late! Thanks for the last-minute reminder!

I'll let you know how mine went.

It's the morning of Valentine's day here in the UK now, and it's not a happy start for me because I fear my sweetheart has left me for good

She means the world to me and I fear that this valentine's day will be without her and I just cannot face that

so I'm already having a bad valentine's day before itvs even begun

I regard Valentines day as a Non Event.

The only time I sent a card I was madly infatuated with someone who was no longer interested

In my opinion Valentines day is rubbish

I'm currently waiting for class to start and be over so I can get my arse over to cambridge and give my boyfriend love. <33333 It's my first valentines with a partner! ^________^

I'm glad to see someone's taking a sensible view on it, iddqd. I stopped fussing about it in year seven. Not worth the effort worrying about something so silly.

And I'm really sorry to hear that, Pikachu. I hope things get better for you.

Just another day pushed by the greetings card industry to make a bit of money after the xmas card buying rush.

the first 4 and 1/2 hours have been great here at -5 GMT !

it's a non-event, agreed. It's nice if you can enjoy a special day with someone, but most of us that are alone just let are selves feel bad for no good reason all... let the day pass, it's just silliness in the end.

It's only a little after 4:00am here, but it's been a week since I got rejected by Miss Right, and I think I might have a cold just before my calculus test, which is in a few hours.

The day I got rejected by Miss Right (Feb. 7), would have been my 11th anniversary with my first girlfriend if she and I were still together.

Mine wasn't because my work was busy and irritating.

Apart from that I had a few laughs. Just any other day to me.

I recorded two videos of me singing small messages of love and uploaded it to youtube - then linked my boyfriend via email (no greeting-cards since we live 3k kilometers apart and the postal services take one quarter of eternity to deliver something). I'll see how he reacts. We didn't celebrate valentine's day the last years and I just wanted to surprise him.

I like Christmas, a lot better. Now, where did I put my fruitcake?

My only complaint today is the noise from pneumatic hammer/digger. It was going on since the early hours last night and it started again this morning near constantly.

My valentines day was just like any other of my days. I did nothing special nor had anyone in real life to celebrate it with. The good thing is...I don't really care at this point anyway.

I spent the day with my dog. It was a great day.