S.A.D. -The Other Half of Valentines Day

I don't recall ever liking Valentine's Day. I probably did when I was in elementary school, when it meant we were going to have a party and I got to eat a bunch of sugar. I liked sugar, in fact, I still do. Then I got cupcakes and didn't have to learn multiplication tables. That made Valentine's Day fun. 


That being said, now that I'm older I don't recall really enjoying Valentine's Day. My college roommate never liked it either, though she was usually in a relationship when it rolled around. I, however, with the exception of a short lived relationship last year, have always been single this time of year. Valentine's Day has a way of making you painfully aware of your singleness. Tiffany was always amused at my nickname for today-Singles Awareness Day. 


I'm convinced that on no day more than today, I've been made painfully aware of being single. It's as though the entire greeting card industry gangs up on bunches of single people as if to mock and say, "Nah nah nah nah, no one loves you." 


That being said, all the lovely-dovey people out there ooing and ahhing about how much you love your significant other, to you I say, "Lucky you." However, for the sake of all of us singles in the world, please, shut up and oogle over each other in private. We just don't care to hear it.