here we go. Valentines day again.

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

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And its not that I hate people having someone to share it with, imnm genuinely happy for them (and Im of the thought that Val day is every day) but here we go with the million adverts of loved ones and the chocs and the flowers etc etc etc........and yet another reminder Im alone (yes got DC but YKWIM).

any more shoulders out there to cry alongside?

sorry, depressing.

[AndSheRose]

It's all a complete charade: very few people, including those within happy relationships, are sitting being all coupley and contrived - it's too embarrassing, silly and inauthentic. So rest assured, a barely-noticed card might be exchanged in the morning rush but apart from that, the same, ''have you put a Calgon tablet in the washing machine recently or is it due one?" convos are going in in any normal couples' houses tonight, and the roses, chocs and mass-produced teddies are only being exchanged by awkward teenagers - or Facebook people with the same level of sophistication.

There is nothing on this day any different about being in a couple or not. I actually am in one but we do not buy into any of this and neither do any couples I know. Therefore, the images put about by all the marketing are actually out of reach for all of us! :) Which makes sense cos they're just companies crassly trying to flog stuff, as ever

[LalaDipsey]

It's not that I miss H per-se as he was pretty shit at V day (ooh how much anarchic fun we had bucking the system and doing 'anti-valentines') like many things over 18 years I ended up agreeing with I regret not saying I would have loved hearts, flowers and champagne once in a while.. but I do feel a bit extra lonely tonight. And with 3 dc, aged 4 and under I have a feeling there will be many more single valentines to come....!

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

Gave her a ''look'' when she wanted sympathy. guy dodged a bullet there!

[Farrowandbawl]

PMSL

That's priceless.

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

wow. someone else thinks alike!! .
didn't know that.

true though isn't it?

I had a friend whos boyf asked her to marry him, hed JUST put the ring on her finger when she was all over fb with it, instead of enjoying the moment with the poor guy.she was there ages.

guy took the ring back saying hed changed his mind as obv her friends and strangers and the internet were more important than him!!

[Farrowandbawl]

if the fb people were really in love with their partners theyd actua;l;ly be spending the whole evening with their partners, not on fb/mn/other internet sites!!!!!

That's EXACTLY what the bloke on the radio said this morning.

"Tell him or her, not us or your mates as we couldn't give a monkeys"

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

Min just think. if the fb people were really in love with their partners theyd actua;l;ly be spending the whole evening with their partners, not on fb/mn/other internet sites!!!!!

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

me and DC made heart shaped cookies, then after I washed the cookie cutters I used them to make heart shaped poached eggs! (metal cutters obv).

prob when DC goes to bed ill sit here with a glass of -hic- something and depress myself!!!! not watching anything lovey dovey though.

Min that's a lovely thing to do.

[Minime85]

I'm having a tea of ham, poached egg and home made chips. yum. I've eaten loads of chocolate all day. when stbexh brings my gorgeous dds back at 7 I've got them a little box of heart chocs each and my lovely lovely dad has given the three of us a card each and a choc lollipop.
wine will follow.
sod the smug happy people today. avoiding fb as its full of it.
hope everyone has a nice evening and as others have said at least its not spent battling with a relationship that is gone.

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

Farrow

[Farrowandbawl]

Let, get ad block plus.

Never see an advert again.

Unless someone posts about on MN I can't see them so don't know they are there.

here

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

and for all of you today.

and that picture on the right of mn page doesn't help does it?
72 years of marriage.

good for them, but ill Never have that, even if I met someone today! .

o hate this day.

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

fair point Farrow. true.

[Farrowandbawl]

The best thing about being single during this time of year is that I do NOT miss the pressure of it one little bit.

Guessing if they want something or not. What to get, where to go, what to wear, that awkard bit where one has made the effort and the other hasn't, talking about if you are both going to buy into it this year or not, the pressure of hoping that what you've got them is more or less of value of what they've got you...the bit where you realise they've gone all out or nothing at all and you've done the opposite..the fakeness and tackyness of it all.

[susiedaisy]

I'm not too bothered by VD. Pun intended!!

I'm going to wait until Monday then swoop in on Tescos and buy a load of cheap flowers that didn't sell!!

On a serious note I do find the Xmas holidays and family summer holidays more upsetting being on my own

[foslady]

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happy hallmark day..........
(bloody day - roll on the 15th......)

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

that's brilliant aw11

[aw11]

The worst thing about valentines day.

[LetZygonsbeZygons]

that's lovely RedBushed.

[RedBushedT]

I have a mini valentines celebration with the DC. I buy them a silly little present and write them a card signed with a '?'
I've made it a fun little family tradition. They will be with their dad on valentines night this year so I'm going to do a valentine's breakfast and decorate the table with fairy lights and fake petals the night before
Who says it can only be about romance?

[RussianBlu]

What a silly day to get stressed over. I can't say I have noticed any adverts or masses of merchandise but then maybe I don't see it because I just have no interest in it.

[justtoomessy]

Oh it doesn't bother me because most people I know aren't in perfect relationships and most of the women have to compromise where as the men don't. All that pressure to either remember it and get the right gift and then are let down or moaned at.

Mind you I'm not very sentimental and I couldn't stand it when I was with ex all that forced romance YUK!

I am babysitting for a friend so she can go out with her pleasant but bloody useless husband. Who in her own words states 'well I have to put up with him doing nothing and I have to compromise all the time otherwise it'd be divorce' Yep celebrate that kind of relationship on the 14th.

I am very happy being single

[ShineyBlackShoes]

My 13th valentines day alone.
Better to be alone than in a crap relationship.

[Minime85]

I think I'm going to treat myself to something instead. can't wait to Friday bloody gone.