Valentine's Day rant

I hate valentine's day! Yes, pink is my favorite colour, but on a day like yesterday, it makes me want to vomit! I hate it.

It is like someone invented the holiday to make all of those of us who are single to feel badly for ourselves and guilty that we do not have anyone. Do we not already feel that when we see happy couples walking down the street, families playing in the park, babies in busboy's strolling down the sidewalk with yummy mummies????

I just don't get it. As my father once said to my mother " Why do I need to be told when I should tell you that I love you? Everyday should be Valentine's Day!" He is a long standing Anti-Valentine's Day activist. It gives me hope that even though he has been in a relationship and marriage for my mother for over 30 years, he is still not a fan of the big V-Day. I was worried that as I approached my 30s maybe I was becoming single bitter girl. Not a pleasant person to be and someone that I never want to be.

And just to make it perfectly clear - I do not want to go to a "Singles Mingle", "An-anti-valentines day party", or a girls night out, so that I can pretend to say, essencially F+++ you to the happy couples out there. Would it not be feeding the hallmark frenzy of Valentine's day by participating????

I happily had a migraine, so I went home early, had a nap, woke up, worked for a few hours, watched some tv and went to bed at 1am. A perfectly normal night for me, and rather enjoyable if I do say so myself!

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