Well as I got to thinking I realized how much this holiday changed overtime. It goes something like this...
Elementary School:
When your little, you have to give everyone a Valentine, you have to buy that ONE extra box of Barbie Valentine cards because Caroline, the girl you totally DESPISE, must receive a card from you (you're definitely going to use your most UGLY handwriting and leave your least favorite sticker and least favorite candy for her card!!!)
Middle School:
Totally a popularity contest. There really aren't any requirements now, but you're going to basically pee your pants in anticipation of who puts Valentines on your desk (OMG PLLLLEEEASEE the popular girls HAVE to send me one or I'll be crushed!) Inevitably, a group of girls plans to wear the same shirt or lip gloss and those few outcasts who missed the memo are introduced to their first really feelings of inadequacy. This feeling of rejection is only slightly less painful then being the last to hit puberty, need to buy tampons or your first training bra. Poor little middle schoolers.
High School:
Oh boy, now things are getting serious. In most schools they dedicate weeks of lunch periods to selling carnations and other sugary concoctions that will be delivered to your homeroom on that fateful morning. All you can do is sit in your desk, sweating, twirling your hair and looking at the ceiling, pretending you don't care if any of those god awful carnations have your name written in the "to" line or not. Not only that but now you may have a boyfriend and/or your friends do. Now you start to anticipate gifts in your locker because obviously your bff gave your BF your locker combo so that he could romantically decorate your locker before you arrived. In high school you get to feel real JEALOUSLY, it's the first time guys are really showing any real effort that's not forced by their mothers and god damnit, you WILL have a boy do something nice for you!! (now this action is just forced by the girlfriend bc he knows if he screws this day up you're is definitely NOT going to the football game or to prom with him). The gifts themselves suck, come on, he most likely is using his allowance money or borrowed from his parents. It's going to be a bear or some type of stuffed animal and a cheapy piece of jewelry that will inevitably turn whatever part of your body it touches green.
College:
Now it's REALLY serious. Those boyfriends from high school are long gone- pshh, how could you have been soooo DUMB to date them? THIS bf, with HIM, its TRUE love. there is a much greater chance that this guy could potentially, maybe, have a job ($), and he's learned a thing or two about girls since his high school days. You both have considered "forever" and this V-day is going to be AMAZING. FYI- I think these college years could be some of the most DISGUSTING valentine's day PDA, you'll ever see, EVER. I vividly remember walking home from class and seeing at least a half dozen couples in a lip lock in the middle of campus. I have to admit, my college bf arranged the sweetest v-day surprise that I've ever experienced, to this day (if you're reading this, you know who you are, way to go!:) And most likely, if you dont have someone on this holiday in college, you will cry. How freaking convenient that the shmuck dumped you 2 weeks before v-day, couldnt he have waited 14 god damn days to spare you the misery???? I also happened to have had the best "single" vday with my girlfriends one year, cooking dinner, indulging in chocolate fondue while singling Celine Dion's "All by myself" at the top of our lungs. It's obviously not pathetic if you're singing this song in a group.
The Real World:
Oh the real world....so complicated and cruel. I really think it's a toss up here, some people are legit happy, they have some disgustingly cute plans and both parties have maxed out their credit cards at Victoria's Secret etc, maybe the guy/gal cooked you breakfast, left a flower on your pillow, left you a love note in your lunch-- it's cute okay, and if you tell me about it more than ONCE, I will VOMIT on you. Other people are sort of, by habit happy, they get the obligatory flowers from their husband or the standard "favorite meal" from the wife.
Then there are the not so happy people, they probably have plans too, but they can't stand eachother, they're hoping the other person doesnt get them anything TOO nice because that will only prolong their inevitable demise for a few more weeks.
For me, as cheesy as it sounds, I think the best type of Valentine's Day is one that makes you feel good- maybe that means being with your bf/gf, with your pet, parents, friends, or maybe it's being alone, with your work computer, doing DATA ANALYSIS, creating pivot tables and eating as much freaking chocolate as you want (only to purge all your cupboards of chocolate and carbs the next day- yeah, SO WHAT???).
So there you have it folks. I hope you had a great V-day, filled with whatever it was you were hoping for--this is not to be confused with VD Day, which would really not be a good day for anyone.
Till next time:) xoxo
Then there are the not so happy people, they probably have plans too, but they can't stand eachother, they're hoping the other person doesnt get them anything TOO nice because that will only prolong their inevitable demise for a few more weeks.
For me, as cheesy as it sounds, I think the best type of Valentine's Day is one that makes you feel good- maybe that means being with your bf/gf, with your pet, parents, friends, or maybe it's being alone, with your work computer, doing DATA ANALYSIS, creating pivot tables and eating as much freaking chocolate as you want (only to purge all your cupboards of chocolate and carbs the next day- yeah, SO WHAT???).
So there you have it folks. I hope you had a great V-day, filled with whatever it was you were hoping for--this is not to be confused with VD Day, which would really not be a good day for anyone.
Till next time:) xoxo
