It's that time of year again...
Yep, time for my annual SAD Rant. (SAD means Singles Awareness Day, for those who are unknowing.)
So let's see, Valentine's day sucks, blah blah blah, it only serves to to remind people who are lonely in their singleness of this painful fact, yadda yadda yadda, so on and such forth.
I have come to 2 new revelations this year.
1: Any gesture made by any significant other on this day is completely meaningless.
Why? Because society and tradition mandate that they do so. Sure, it's sweet and touching when your S/O sends you a bunch of flowers and a sweet card. But wouldn't it be a lot more sweet and meaningful if instead of doing what he's supposed to do, if he instead did the same on a random day when you had no idea it was coming? or maybe if instead of him not doing much of anything most of the year, then doing a big thing on the mandated "day of love," if he instead sent you that bunch of roses once a day for a month, so you get a little bit of love every day?
2: Valentine's day is a bi-polar "holiday." on v-day, you are normally either really happy, cause you have someone to "be your valentine" or you are depressed because no one has sent you anything/given you anything/you have no "valentine."
Also, how did it become normal to give valentine's day cards to everyone you know? Most of them say something like "be mine" implying you want to pair off with that person for the post-pagan spring fertility festival party (which is undoubtedly how valentine's day started). so why do people now ask everyone to be theirs, and be the valentine to like 18 different people? sounds pretty slutty to me.
now, there are some people who most likely will want to call me out and be like "you know, if you had a valentine/girlfriend/a normally fuctioning brain, you would change your tune in an instant. You're just bitter that you are still single!"
well, maybe partially. I started hating Valentine's day for that reason, most definately. But not really anymore. Now I simply hate the day for the shallow, meaningless style of love it promotes.
I will forever call it SAD, even long after i finally get a girlfriend/get married/have kids/ect, if any of that ever happens. Even if I'm not single, there will still be single people out there who are just as lonely and hurting as i am now, and i refuse to forget their pain.
well, i think i've said everything i've intended to, and some that i haven't.
So Have a Sorrowful SAD everyone...
So let's see, Valentine's day sucks, blah blah blah, it only serves to to remind people who are lonely in their singleness of this painful fact, yadda yadda yadda, so on and such forth.
I have come to 2 new revelations this year.
1: Any gesture made by any significant other on this day is completely meaningless.
Why? Because society and tradition mandate that they do so. Sure, it's sweet and touching when your S/O sends you a bunch of flowers and a sweet card. But wouldn't it be a lot more sweet and meaningful if instead of doing what he's supposed to do, if he instead did the same on a random day when you had no idea it was coming? or maybe if instead of him not doing much of anything most of the year, then doing a big thing on the mandated "day of love," if he instead sent you that bunch of roses once a day for a month, so you get a little bit of love every day?
2: Valentine's day is a bi-polar "holiday." on v-day, you are normally either really happy, cause you have someone to "be your valentine" or you are depressed because no one has sent you anything/given you anything/you have no "valentine."
Also, how did it become normal to give valentine's day cards to everyone you know? Most of them say something like "be mine" implying you want to pair off with that person for the post-pagan spring fertility festival party (which is undoubtedly how valentine's day started). so why do people now ask everyone to be theirs, and be the valentine to like 18 different people? sounds pretty slutty to me.
now, there are some people who most likely will want to call me out and be like "you know, if you had a valentine/girlfriend/a normally fuctioning brain, you would change your tune in an instant. You're just bitter that you are still single!"
well, maybe partially. I started hating Valentine's day for that reason, most definately. But not really anymore. Now I simply hate the day for the shallow, meaningless style of love it promotes.
I will forever call it SAD, even long after i finally get a girlfriend/get married/have kids/ect, if any of that ever happens. Even if I'm not single, there will still be single people out there who are just as lonely and hurting as i am now, and i refuse to forget their pain.
well, i think i've said everything i've intended to, and some that i haven't.
So Have a Sorrowful SAD everyone...