It's a nice idea, I guess. In practice, though, I tend to loathe it pretty solidly. (I'm sure you're all surprised.) First of all, while having an official day to celebrate love/romance/gettin' you some/whatever is nice, but there's now this... assumption maybe? that Valentine's is the only day you need to do it. And that's, uh, not the case. And there's also this pressure that OMG YOU HAVE TO CELEBRATE VALENTINE'S DAY whether you actually want to or not. And well... some of us just don't/wouldn't care that much. And then there's this list of acceptable presents, which totally disregards what the individual who's going to get the present actually likes and is interested in. What if you don't actually want flowers or chocolate, you know? And then there's the whole Christianity stealing holidays thing going on, not that there's really any Christianity still left in Valentine's Day. Not even nominally, like Christmas.*

Argh. Valentine's Day is a big ol' ball of fucked up notions of gender/gender roles, romance, ridiculous expectations, commercialization... It's just a big, fucked up ball of bullshit at this point. I could rant all day, but I don't really want to spend my energy on that.

I will add, however, that I really, really don't like how VDay and its participants like to make single people feel shitty for being single. Not having a partner does not make you less of a person, thankyouverymuch.

So yeah. You can laugh at me and make disparaging remarks about my bitterness if you want, but I plan on celebratin Singles Awareness Day on the fourteenth, hopefully with delicious baked goods and/or chocolate. Hey, and I won't even be expected to put out for it, either!

*If I'm wrong, feel free to correct me. I just don't pay much attention to either of these things. :P