Yume Tenshi Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Who else here thinks Valentine's Day is a waste of time? It's the same old thing you spend $100 on a gift and then two days later you brake up. i may sound like a loser who can't get a boyfriend but im not i just don't want to waste my time to get my heart broken and to brake someone heart to. Like when im in school i see everyone kissing and saying they love each other and then a week later they brake up never talk to each other again and there still crying saying they loved them and how could they. In my P.O.V i think we should all give up on LOVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Harris Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 [QUOTE=Yume Tenshi]Who else here thinks Valentine's Day is a waste of time? It's the same old thing you spend $100 on a gift and then two days later you brake up. i may sound like a loser who can't get a boyfriend but im not i just don't want to waste my time to get my heart broken and to brake someone heart to. Like when im in school i see everyone kissing and saying they love each other and then a week later they brake up never talk to each other again and there still crying saying they loved them and how could they. In my P.O.V i think we should all give up on LOVE.[/QUOTE] I think valentines day is a great idea for a holiday... for people in a serious relationship. I don't think people who aren't in a serious relationship should be throwing that much money at each other, and I don't think think that people in a real serious relationship will feel the need to spend lots of money on each other to 'prove' their love. So as far as expensive gifts go, Valentine's Day is stupid. But the idea of a holiday to celebrate love and commitment and take your SO out for a nice dinner appeals to the hopeless romantic in me. :love: But, as I am single, it will be another lonely Valentines Day for me :( EDIT: I almost forgot! Valentines day is a GREAT holiday! Why? You get those awesome little heart candies that have the funny little sayings on them. The white and yellow ones are best, IMHO. Yay for little heart candies. Love is all you need, James Bierly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yume Tenshi Posted January 30, 2005 Author Share Posted January 30, 2005 yeah you goy a piont it just that my brother spend $234 on a gift and he still getting stuff her ( and they been going out for 9 weeks) my brother is just stupid and so is my other brother but that a story for another day and like you i'll be spending it alone to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celestialcharm Posted January 30, 2005 Share Posted January 30, 2005 Yup to me the only good thing about valentime's day is buying discount candy the day after :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yume Tenshi Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 There is one good thing for me i get lots of stuff from my mom cause i never get anything and everyone else does so she gets me everything i want sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfpirate Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [QUOTE=celestialcharm]Yup to me the only good thing about valentime's day is buying discount candy the day after :D [color=darkslategray]I agree with you on that :smirk: .[/color] [color=darkslategray][/color] [color=darkslategray]I don't think I would ever spend that kind of loot on someone for Valentine's Day. Maybe some other day of the year...just at random because I love them, but not for a holiday.[/color] [color=#2f4f4f][/color] [color=#2f4f4f]I really don't like holidays except for Halloween, and the only reason I like Halloween is because candy and sewing materials goes on sale, and there is a lot of creative ideas on display in people's costumes and decorations. (There's a lot to say for the originality of someone's costumes and decorations...)[/color] [color=#2f4f4f][/color] [color=#2f4f4f]As far as Valentine's Day is concerned, I think it's foolish to set aside a day to show your appreciation and love for your SO. Why? Because you should be doing that 365 days a year... if you love that person truly.... I mean, why not buy candy and flowers and cards and all that Valentine- type- stuff at random throughout the year? It's the obligatory "I love you so I spent money on you because it's Valentine's Day and that's what I'm supposed to do" crap that grates my nerves...[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panda Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 I've never liked Valentine's Day since it is just a way for the card, candy, jewelry and flower industries to make a ton of money off of people. My former boss basically has the same view point I do about the holiday. He says that he doesn't need anyone telling him when he needs to tell his wife he loves her. I agree. I don't need a holiday to tell me that I have to buy a bunch of candy, jewerly, flowers or cards to prove my love for my husband. Us being together is proof enough. We love each other and we don't need a cheesy card or giant heart box of chocolates to advertise our feelings for each other. To me Valentine's Day is far too commercialized and over-blown. It make those who don't have someone special feel lonely and those with someone like they have to spend money to prove their feelings. The only one who comes out ahead are those selling the goods to the masses. As always, these are just my opinions. Kudos to those of you who are not jaded by the holiday and can enjoy it. Oh and anyone who wants to point out my signature and avi as being contradictory to my above statement- the true nature of the "Cupid Panda" can be seen in PMBQ's comic works. The "Cupid Panda" makes people fall in love by attacking them. Nothing says love like being mauled by a cute panda! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 Let me just put it out there that Valentine's day is actually a day of opposition. The original premise was to demote the idea of young love, and people went and did lovey-dovey things just to oppose the new holiday. I think it is a great idea, for guys at least. You can get a girl to be crazy with a $1 bear. One of my friends actually bought a dozen of those bears, and then the entire cheerleading squad was googoo for months. For $12, that's not too bad. Yume Tenshi, what did your brother buy for his girlfriend? $234 is a little too much. Gosh, he could get a $5 stuffed animal and take her out for a $15 dinner. That's $20. $200+ is rediculous. My parents don't give that for their anniversary, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elfpirate Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [QUOTE=Yume Tenshi] In my P.O.V i think we should all give up on LOVE. [color=darkred]That's really sad, Yume... I hope your P.O.V. changes someday... to give up on the good aspects of this existence (and there are admittedly few of those) is to already be dead. At least leave a legacy before you give up and rot...[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yume Tenshi Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 ok my brother got her a pillow ($20) and some stuff from bath and body works ($50) then he got her a ring ($100) then he going to this place for dinner which cost like $20 a meal ($40) then he buying her a bear ($25). And i think it would change when i get older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [QUOTE=Xander Harris]EDIT: I almost forgot! Valentines day is a GREAT holiday! Why? You get those awesome little heart candies that have the funny little sayings on them. The white and yellow ones are best, IMHO. Yay for little heart candies. Love is all you need, James Bierly[/QUOTE][color=#ff6600]You rock. My feelings on this holiday change a lot, heh. I've never been in any sort of relationship around St. Valentine's Day, but I've never felt bitter or lonely about it, heh. It's never something I've been looking for. I'm okay with that. I love making little cards for my friends, and I love getting reminders that people are thinking of me. Sure, it's commercialized, but almost everything is. Sure, you shouldn't need a specific day to do nice things for the people you care about--but having such a day isn't a bad thing. all I care about is love :p, Sara[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hevn Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [SIZE=1][COLOR=Purple]I believe that [B][COLOR=Plum]Valentine's day isn't only for lovers[/COLOR][/B] and such. Every Valentine's day, my aunt, who's single, would give flowers or little gifts to family members. My bestfriend once gave me a message in a bottle kind of thing and another one gave me a card. You can't give up on love because, I repeat,[B][COLOR=Plum] all you need is love[/COLOR][/B]. Not necessarily a lover's kind of love but yeah, there are lots of loves out there. You can even get a pet and share Valentine's day together ^_^[/COLOR][/SIZE] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morpheus Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [QUOTE=Yume Tenshi]ok my brother got her a pillow ($20) and some stuff from bath and body works ($50) then he got her a ring ($100) then he going to this place for dinner which cost like $20 a meal ($40) then he buying her a bear ($25). And i think it would change when i get older.[/QUOTE] The ring and dinner were both to impress her, and if that's what he needs after 9 weeks, the relationship will fail. After 9 weeks getting a ring is also stupid. Most of the time a ring is used for this engagement thing...but oh well. Three cheers for being optimistic! Hip Hip hooray!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solo Tremaine Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [quote name='Lore][color=#ff6600']My feelings on this holiday change a lot, heh. I've never been in any sort of relationship around St. Valentine's Day, but I've never felt bitter or lonely about it, heh. It's never something I've been looking for. I'm okay with that.[/color][/quote][color=#503f86]Same here, x'ept I do tend to feel relatively bitter about it, heh. I suppose I dislike it in a similar way I do Christmas- it's just the huge amounts of merchandising that get shoved in your face by all the shops. I hate commercialisation, especially when it's so disgustingly saccharin. Roses are pretty, chocolate tastes alright in moderation but I'd rather not be coerced into buying something for someone if I don't have to, especially if they should know I appreciate and love them already. The best Valentine's Day memory I have is when a female friend of mine bought me a rose for being such a good friend to her. That's something I really appreciated, although it did draw a few eyes since she was someone else's girlfriend ^_^; I guess it's because I'm always showing my affection for people, helping them and trying to get noticed as a decent friend that I feel cheapened that Valentine's Day seems to have been delegated the single day to approach it all. Perhaps actually being in a relationship will change my mind, but I doubt it. I'm not saying that a celebration of love is a bad thing, but I hate the cutesy-poo that comes with it.[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ezekiel Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [COLOR=DarkGreen][SIZE=1]I actually quite like Valentine's Day, I don't think you have to go all out and spend money on someone, that's not what the holiday is all about. Personally I think the day is for making someone you care for feel good about themselves and show how much you love them, gifts are material, love shouldn't be. I think the nicest Valentine's gift I ever got was when I was about 6, heh. This guy in my year gave me a pencil that said; 'I love you' and a card with the same. It was just a simple gesture but it was very, very cute. Unfortunately, the last Valentine's gift I got was off my ex and my friends practically had to force him into buying it for me. Personally, I would have preferred it if he didn't give me anything at all. I think guys need to understand that the majority of girls would enjoy the gesture of a single rose just as much as an expensive necklace. At least, that's the way I feel. On the other hand, I do love those heart sweets that Xander talked about, they rock. ^_^;[/SIZE][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onix Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [COLOR=SlateGray][SIZE=1]Valentine's remains just anoter holiday to me. No real meaning beneath the candy hearts and fluffy gifts. However, I do have a little information about Valentine's day you mightn't know yet... St. Valentine's Day celebrates the day that St. Valentine was drug through the streets and beheaded. No joke. On the quintessencial Day o' Love in our society, a man was publicly humiliated and executed hundreds of years ago. Kooky, ne? Also, in Japan, they have two holidays like Valentine's Day...one for guys and one for girls. Confused? Well, on White Day guys are expected to get girls gifts and chocoloates and such. And on the other, it's reversed. So, it's a little more balanced, and a little more prosperous for the candy merchants. -ULX[/SIZE][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChibiHorsewoman Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [color=darkviolet]Valentines Day for spouses of deployed soldiers unless the soldier is home on leave is just one more day of finding a pciture of GW Buch to deface...hey the guy that owns the farm where I ride has a nice one....:devil: . Last V day was spent with my aunt Marty's Pit mix because my aunt had taken my cousin to a hockey tournement in Canada. Sabre loves attention on anyday but I guess v-day is special. I'd like to know who's spending extravagent amounts of money on boyfriends and girlfriends, where did you find that kind of job? As for myself I bought my husband a $1.99 bright orange heart shaped pillow at Target that says 'I'm yours' in red stitching. I'm also sending him a Hello Kitty valentine. It's not the big things that make a difference it's the little things. Besides, how friggin' romantic is a holiday that commemorates a murder in the 13th century? That's what I want to know. Give me Beltain any day! If you can't get laid at Beltain then you can't get laid at all Chibi Horsewoman[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sara Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [quote name='ChibiHorsewoman][color=darkviolet']Besides, how friggin' romantic is a holiday that commemorates a murder in the 13th century? That's what I want to know. [/color][/quote][color=#ff6600]How heartwarming is a holiday that celebrates a bunch of people starving in colonial America? How patriotically thrilling is a day that celebrates the signing a piece of paper that didn't mean a darned thing until a war ended seven years later? How playful is a holiday that stems from resistance to the adoption of the Gregorian calendar? Things are what you make of them. :p if you like piña coladas, Sara[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChibiHorsewoman Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [QUOTE=Lore][color=#ff6600] How patriotically thrilling is a day that celebrates the signing a piece of paper that didn't mean a darned thing until a war ended seven years later? Things are what you make of them. :p if you like piña coladas, Sara[/color][/QUOTE] [color=darkviolet]Hey, if we could make things excplode on Valentines day it would make it better for me.... Actually I find Memorial day very romantic. And getting caught in the rain... Chibi Horsewoman[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yume Tenshi Posted January 31, 2005 Author Share Posted January 31, 2005 ok so my brother is a little weird but what do you think he my brother where all cazy here. I still hate it just cause poeple are stupid and they just do stupid stuff. But you would hate it if you where me i had to spend last year with my brother and all he did was make out in front of me and then they went back to his bedroom and had sex with his girlfriend and i was still in the house . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilt Posted January 31, 2005 Share Posted January 31, 2005 [font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=darkorchid]I agree with you, Firefly. But I also think it has become a bit too much commercialistical. (Yes I know it's not a real word. ^.~)[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=darkorchid][/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=darkorchid]*Reads the other posts, especially LX's* O_o Really? That's pretty romantic. Makes me feel like kissing someone. :love: *smooches the closest person* lol.[/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=darkorchid][/color][/size][/font] [font=Book Antiqua][size=2][color=darkorchid]Also, what in the world is Beltain, Chibi? (I love the song reference. lol.)[/color][/size][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shen Kusanagi Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 [font=Franklin Gothic Medium][color=blue]To be honest, I agree Valentine's day is just a wastefull crappy holiday where do spend " Real Time" together and remember they first met and the other stupid reminds on what brought them together. But then they don't realize how many single people out just really are looking for love, but only to come to one word that hits them. "Lonely" okay I'll add another, oh wait nevermind. I may seem despreate but I'm not looking for anyone I would rather wait. Back on the topic in hand I have a best friend who spend $367 on his "wife" and she spends $ 256 on him, needless to say how many people would like wish for happiness on Valentine's Day it just really dumb that couples really mean that they love each on one freaking day out of the whole freaking year, it's pointless yeah I've said it already and stupid.[/color][/font] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Warrior Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 I don't mind Valentine's Day because you don't have to celebrate it or you can if you want. Besides, no one says you have to buy gifts for your lover or someone special. And if they do say that, then they're not a very good boyfriend/girlfriend/itfriend O.o I, for one, just like spending time with my friends then. Nothing more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChibiHorsewoman Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 [quote name='Yume Tenshi'] But you would hate it if you where me i had to spend last year with my brother and all he did was make out in front of me and then they went back to his bedroom and had sex with his girlfriend and i was still in the house .[/quote] [color=darkviolet]Dude, I am just so glad I'm [i]not[/i] you. I'd rather spend Valentines Day with my Aunt's dog than with someone that obnoxious. And I know obnoxious. I want to be a chicken I want to be a duck I am so indecisive Chibi Horsewoman[/color] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissWem Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 [quote name='Yume Tenshi']ok so my brother is a little weird but what do you think he my brother where all cazy here. I still hate it just cause poeple are stupid and they just do stupid stuff. But you would hate it if you where me i had to spend last year with my brother and all he did was make out in front of me and then they went back to his bedroom and had sex with his girlfriend and i was still in the house .[/quote] [COLOR=DarkRed][SIZE=1]0_o man, I feel sorry for you. I personally try to be indifferent to it but thinking about it makes me think of how I would treat a soggy, mouldy, 3 month old 'something' that you find festering in the corner of your room.. eurgh. My last Valentines seemed rather twisted and not forgettable. I dunno, maybe the fact that my bf at the time got my friend a soft toy as well, not to mention he actually got them mixed up. So I got the one he intended to give to my friend and vice versa. Or perhaps it was the impending cloud that hung over head expectantly the entire weeks coming up to it, mostly consisting of him trying to pry clues of what to get me despite my saying "Why don't we just go out that day like usual? And don't get me anything : /" Even though we may have agreed we weren't going to make a big deal of it, you can still [i]sense the expectations[/i] for all couples for that day. When you see a couple on the street you'll likely automatically assume that they'll do something special on that day. Couples themselves may look at each other and have the same assumption. I don't think it's a waste of time, it's just that there's an arbritrary feeling of pressure to do something significant that day which somewhat ruins the point.[/SIZE][/COLOR] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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