It’s all about flowers, chocolates, elegant dinners and romantic gestures for many people. For me though I simply don’t give a damn. Perhaps this is how you’ve felt or perhaps you’re simply wondering why so many people seem to value a holiday. Here’s why I dont care about valentines day and I’m sticking to it. Reject the pressure and just practice self-care. Don't get me wrong: Just because I am not down with Valentine's Day, doesn't mean I don't love, well, love. I really do. But I believe in loving on “I’d gladly take someone who doesn’t show up with flowers on Valentine’s Day for someone who folds the laundry, who gets up in the middle of the night with our babies, who shows up day in and day out in a million other smaller, often unnoticed, ways.” You see, the type of relationship I’m looking to be in isn’t built on holidays. I just can’t remember one Valentine’s Day that was great after I turned ten. RELATED: Woman Asks If She's 'Unreasonable' To Want A 'Romantic' Valentine's Day Instead Of Dinner With Boyfriend's Pontificate in Shakespearean English: Counteract the dumbness of the day with some pretentious fancy-talk: If all else fails, make your own book jacket: Then throw it at whatever dummiez persist in annoying you about Valentine’s Day: Many of us have experienced both sides during the Christmas holiday, but Valentine’s Day carries its own risks, especially if you say or do something wrong. “I don’t care about Valentine If your boo would rather die of 1,000 paper cuts than take a romantic horse and carriage ride or go to a fancy restaurant on Valentine's Day, think of celebrating with low-key things you both The day of, last-minute rush to do something—anything—for Valentine’s Day ended up with a quick trip to the grocery on the way home and, yep, you guessed it, a bunch of roses. After a few As Valentine’s Day approaches and puts pressure on couples to have the most romantic day possible, Olivia Petter suggests some alternative date ideas to make things more interesting Explore: Las Vegas, baby!How to plan an unforgettable romantic getaway. Choose the best day, not the right day. Is February 14 not a convenient day to celebrate? Instead of skipping Valentine's Day altogether, plan to do something on another day and communicate the change of plans in advance to avoid Valentine's Day disappointment. I don't care about valentine's day, but I usually cook something nice because I like to cook and its a good reason as any to make something fancier than I normally would. But fuck those convenience store bouquets of carnations and shitty red boxes of chocolates. Cool. That's probably the most common thing cuz most people break up right before good events like Christmas, New Year's Day and Valentine's Day, from personal experience. So relax, this isn't uncommon at all and don't feel bad due to the few Lucky ones that get it. Not everyone has to make use of luck. For me, I don't really care about valentine's day. But the most important thing to me for special occasions is just to spend time with my SO. Since you unfortunately won't be able to be with her on that day, I'd have something or other delivered so she knows you're thinking of her and wish that you could be together. Plan your OWN valentine's day. When I was living at the dorms, (i was living with 3 other girls and 2 of them were in a relationship) I helped plan a Valentine's Day surprise but filling the entire place up with pink/red/white balloons and it was one of the happiest Valentine's Day events I ever helped plan. Valentine's Day on social media feels like an Instagram highlight—you only share the best of the best, and the rest don't make the cut. Hidden from that double-tap worthy carousel full of sweet photos is that adorable messy-just-out-of-bed selfie your partner took to greet you good morning. Been "officially" single for about 8 years now. I actually left my ex after Valentines Day (for several reasons, and was finally fed up). But generally, Valentine's means little to me. I don't need one day to do the things that we should be doing on any day of the year. [Verse] As you know, it's Valentines Day I don't really know what to say I got left alone, I mean all alone So I guess I got my way I don't care about who you love I just wish that I could be Happy Valentine’s Day to ALL (even the Valentine’s day haters)!!!! So since I was younger I always wondered why guys don’t really get excited about Valentine’s day? I don't care much about valentine's day but since we celebrate it, we usually both do something for each other or just plan to spend some time together. This year, I'm taking him ice-kayaking, ice-fishing and grilling sausages and smores on a campfire and then we're cooking a special meal together. It’s just a cute day to celebrate you and your partner, or other people you love. It doesn’t mean you don’t love them any other day. It’s no different from like Mothers or Father’s Day. It’s not like you don’t appreciate them every day if you have a good relationship with them, it’s just a day to kind of celebrate them.
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