Current Mood: amused

This is the first Valentine’s Day in several years that I don’t have a boyfriend. It really doesn’t seem that much different though. In the past, boyfriend or not, the day has been pretty uneventful anyway.

Before I go any further let me just say this: Men, I get it. To most of you, it is silly. It’s commercialized. It’s overrated. You loathe the whole mushy lovey-dovey idea of Valentine’s Day and having to come up with and spend money on a “thoughtful gift”. And if you do it, its merely out of obligation. I get that. Nevertheless, most women love it if their man makes an effort. Getting the flowers at work makes us feel special. Letting us get dressed up and taking us to a nice dinner…well, we just like that stuff.

I have a good friend at work and this dude absolutely adores his wife. He talks about her all the time and is constantly thinking of things do for her and places to take her. He always puts a lot of thought into gifts for her. I know because he often asks my opinion before he buys stuff. And I’m here to tell you her Valentine’s Day gift is rockin! He actually picked out something for her that I’ve been wanting myself for a while. I think she’s going to love it! Honestly, I’d love to have someone who put in just half the effort he does.

Thinking back over the past few years, I’m having a hard time remembering actually being taken out anywhere for Valentine’s Day. That’s kinda pathetic, isn’t it? Not only that, but most of the gifts I’ve gotten, if anything at all, have been half-assed and thrown together at the last minute. Honestly, it’s not about the gift or the meal or the cost of it all. The thing is when there is zero thought put into these gifts, it translates to a woman that her guy just doesn’t care about her. To me, a cooked meal at home would be fabulous if there was thought put into it. Most women aren’t very superficial. We just want to know that our guy cares. We all know I have a track record of picking some real winners though.

A few years ago, I got a dancing mechanical hamster. Yes, really. It was accompanied by a SpongeBob Squarepants Valentine’s Day card. All of it was given to me in a plastic Bi-Lo bag. I actually found this little guy the other day. If you push the button on his foot, he sings “Love Machine”.

That has to be one of the worst.

One year, I had a boyfriend actually break up with me on Valentine’s Day. Nice, huh? We had been together for about a year. We ended up getting back together a few months later and stayed together until the next Valentine’s Day. A couple of days after, we split up again. I did get flowers the second year though. We laugh about it now. I tell him he just didn’t want to get me anything.

Yeah so needless to say, Valentine’s Day has been somewhat underwhelming for me throughout the years. It’s just another day to me. So humor me. What’s your best or worst Valentine’s Day gift or experience?