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14 February 2011

Being Alone on Valentine's Day for the first time in nearly a decade. What do I do? WHAT DO I DO?

post by: Eideteker at: 08:18 | 21 comments

as a veteran of this state my advice is to remember you're too old to worry about random pre-fab hallmark events

that, or get drunk

posted by Firas 14 February | 08:28

Hang out with us?

posted by The Whelk 14 February | 08:30

One gets used to it eventually.

posted by JanetLand 14 February | 08:53

Where? Is it IRC? Say it's IRC!

posted by Eideteker 14 February | 08:53

You aren't alone! You should go to the Anti=Valentine's NYC Vampire Ball

posted by rmless2 14 February | 09:46

Sunday, Feb 14 (2010) 10:00p

posted by Eideteker 14 February | 10:22

Oh, and I'm not like super sad or anything, just... not used to this. It feels weeeeeird!

Instead, you will all be my Valentines.

posted by Eideteker 14 February | 10:23

That's what I was going to suggest, dahhhhhhhling.

posted by Elsa 14 February | 10:28

Call up some people and go out and have fun!

Enjoy feeling free. You won't be that way forever, and right now you are in a happy spot between times when you can please just yourself, and anything can happen.

posted by Miko 14 February | 10:40

oops. What about comedy at the rejection show? Or beatles burlesque?

posted by rmless2 14 February | 10:42

For me, actually being with someone on V-Day is the unusual state of being. Has happened once or twice in the past 20 years.

posted by Melismata 14 February | 10:47

I haven't been with somebody on Valentines day for years and years and years. This year, I have a horrible cold. Me and my cold, we're together and perhaps I will buy a box of holiday appropriate pink kleenex to celebrate our union. I recommend pink kleenex and maybe a clearance box of very old Russell Stover valentine chocolates, the kind where you never know what they are until you bite into them. Then you can spit the terrible concoction into your pink kleenex and maybe have a little cry. Yay valentines.

posted by mygothlaundry 14 February | 11:42

I have a cold, too, but it isn't debilitating, it is just annoying and dismotivating. And the only time I've been with someone on Valentine's Day, it was very new and awkward. Mecha valentines are my only valentine traditions, and it's all about spreading the love and maybe a little funny. My cold is making me somewhat maudlin and sentimental and I don't like it one bit, but maybe it makes my valentines mushy this year. Oh, biting wit, where have you gone?

posted by ethylene 14 February | 12:09

I've been dating someone for two months who, I am sure, won't acknowledge Valentine's Day. And when I asked him if he wanted to hang out tonight, he said, "Tomorrow might be better." And then I spend the day wondering if that means he's going to break up with me and just doesn't want to do it on V Day.

Being single is simpler, sometimes.

posted by amro 14 February | 12:16

Yet again the Interflora van must have run over the postman as they both turned into my street.

posted by Senyar 14 February | 12:21

I'm going to an hour and a half long Zoology lecture then meeting up with my pops, who is a Bunco-widower this evening, for dinner at a sports bar.

posted by ufez 14 February | 12:40

It's gonna be me and the little dog and a nice meal. IRC? Hmmm, what's the best Ffox IRC add-in? I'll do some investigating.

posted by theora55 14 February | 14:01

tfittyfi: You can just click the second link and use mibbit (web-chat). Otherwise, I think the standard for FF is chatzilla.

posted by Eideteker 14 February | 14:03

I like mibbit way better than chatzilla.

posted by JanetLand 14 February | 14:59

Today was very odd. I am thoroughly twitterpated, this is true, but I woke up on the wrong side of the broomstick and had a crying fit (all the better to NOT have a crying fit later). That'll teach me to work until 2 AM :P

But then my honey brought me some flowers -- the second set I'd had delivered to the office in a week (the other was from a friend). I am SO not the flower type, especially on Valentine's Day, but he knows we could all use a pick-me-up here... and that they would die a slow, stinky death at home.

Our state is going to hell, but at least our office looks and smells pretty.

Tonight I'm babysitting an extremely serious 18-month-old while her mom goes to yoga and learns about the heart chakra.

posted by Madamina 14 February | 15:19

You can celebrate Arizona Statehood Day. (I used to work with someone from Phoenix who'd bring in a big tray of saguaro-shaped sugar cookies. We looked forward to them every year.)

posted by tangerine 14 February | 18:01

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