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Well, if you're here, I guess that means you're curious as to what I have to say about this lovely, happy holiday. Well, in order to appeal to the masses, I've decided to provide several different angles on this most holy of holidays for companies like Hallmark. Historical
Facts
Significance
It seems to me like I've experienced it all. I've been through those first few crucial years alone when a person has hope, the next few when they feel like they are hopeless, and even the ONE year in which they thought things were wonderful. Through it all, I really must say...Valentine's Day is overrated. Everyone knows what Valentine's Day (from here on out, V-Day) is supposed to mean. Some Catholic martyr was beaten to death with big sticks, some fat naked kid shoots arrows into people, and love is spread throughout the masses, or some bullshit like that anyway. Well as you can tell, I don't buy into that crap, and neither should you. V-Day isn't even a holiday for every couple in love. The fact is Valentine's Day wasn't started by any martyr, Pope, or even government offical, it was started by our friends at Hallmark (who also brought us things such as Mother's/Father's Day). V-Day is a holiday not for you the happy couples out there (you both know who you are), but all of those couples in which the female element in the relationship feels that she isn't loved every other day of the year (in quite a few cases, perhaps not), and needs a day to be special. Hey, there's nothing wrong with that, but don't go showing off for the whole fucking world how nice your boyfriend is for getting you a dozen roses once a year. Quite honestly, if you average one rose per month, he just doesn't love you. Okay, so now we've established that V-Day is a holiday celebrated by women who are in denial that their boyfriend is an asshole. What do the guys make of this? Valentine's Day doesn't require any denial on the guy's part--just a cheap gift and a few mistruths. "Here honey, here's my cheap gift, Hallmark card, and 12 roses for every month of the year that I love you...let's DO IT!" Okay, maybe guys aren't quite so forward, but I'm making a generalization here. Decent guys are few and far between, so odds are that at least 95% of you ladies have heard something like this (With 3 of the remaining 5% being lesbians). Be cynical. A cheap gift means the same thing as an incredibly expensive gift on V-Day. If you are fed a line of crap about how much you are loved, then taken within five feet (1.52 meters for you metric freaks) of a bed, think twice about showing him how much you care. Anyway, let's look at this realistically. If sex is your way of showing someone that you care, you obviously don't love them either. Where did V-Day lose it's intended meaning? I don't think that anyone would have a problem with a holiday that was all just about love and caring. Two groups of people seem to always stand against Valentine's Day though. Guys hate it because they don't see the importance of it. Single people hate it because of you happy assholes who flaunt your relationship around like we actually give a damn. In the past week alone, I've been assaulted by television commercials telling me to "buy for the one I love", store ads, emails for everything from dating services to cheap lingerie, and of course the inevitable question, "So what are you doing for Valentine's Day?". Gee, what moron in their right mind would ask that question to a SINGLE GUY? I'll tell you what I'll be doing. I'll be sitting around, watching all of you happy couples smile, hug, and kiss, all the while thinking to myself, "He's fucking her best friend and she thinks he loves her. They'll be apart by this time next year." Let's be honest. I don't care what you got for V-Day, what your significant other said to you, or what you did. Leave me the fuck alone and all will be well, otherwise I may be forced to say irrational things, and to DO irrational things to an unknown amount of innocent civilians. Single people don't mind if you celebrate it, just don't push it in our faces, because we aren't going to take it very much longer. If you don't believe me, go to a search engine--there's plenty of us out there. So if you ARE a single person, what can you do to make a difference? First of all, the red, pink, and white colors have to go. Dress in black. Love inevitably dies, so be positive; go ahead and mourn it for the couples out there. Their time is coming. Secondly, be heard. I'm not promoting violence or anything, but non-violent acts of rebellion really send messages out. Start new threads on message boards, email every address you can find, use the "find" feature on AIM to spread your anti-V-day sentiment, send dead roses to anyone that has screwed you over, start a page of your own, ANYTHING. Being silent is the worst thing you can do though, because it opens you up to be walked over again and again. Maybe all of that was a lie. Nothing you do will ever really make a difference in a holiday so grand that it can compete with our savior's birthday. But doing something for you is perfectly acceptable. As long as you don't go overboard (note this phrase for legal purposes), there's nothing wrong with having some fun this February 14th. I'll admit, maybe I'm slightly bitter, but the fact remains that this takes place again and again as an annual holiday. We've all been brought up around it. Just think about all of the images you see when you think of "Valentine's Day". I bet you saw the red and pink colors, the fat fucker with a bow and arrow, and the little candy hearts didn't you? Well here's a candy heart for YOU.  Damn, I've been waiting a long time to see hearts like that. "B MINE" my ass. In my book, the V in "V-Day" stands for VENEREAL DISEASE, which is exactly what I hope all of you fuckers get because of this holiday. Just remember the following: Ladies, if you have:
If I only had more time, I would add a bunch of links, poems, and quotes to make you single people feel better, but I don't. Maybe if I get enough response to this (supportive email requested, hate mail DESIRED!), I'll make some changes in the future. For the time being however, peace out, hang in there, and may your Valentine's Day be filled with 7.62x39 rounds. Sincerely yours, CRSdefiance, franciscr@earthlink.net
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