Love and Stuff

It’s Valentine’s Day. Here’s what I have to say.

Cruel and Heartless Me Says:

You should probably reevaluate your life if your valentine is the life sized cardboard cutout of Edward Cullen/Robert Pattinson that you wake up and kiss every morning. VAMPIRES AREN’T REAL. Unfortunately, you’re just going to have to settle for a mortal boyfriend like the rest of the population.

I don’t do sappy and overly cliche. I’m just not that girl. I don’t want to see Dear John, I don’t like Nicholas Sparks novels, and if a man ever proposes to me on Valentine’s Day I think I’ll vomit.

Those candy message hearts taste disgusting. Still, I feel like it would be great fun personalizing a hate bag and sending them to someone just for laughs.

I think it’s ridiculous that stores put out their Valentine’s Day merchandise, like, the day after Christmas. Two months in advance is a little excessive if you ask me. I also find the Valentine’s season commercials and advertisements for condoms and adult novelty items a teensy disturbing. I don’t know; that’s just me.

PDA, past a very determined point, is just plain yucky. Seriously, some couples have no discretion. Come on people, have some class.

Not So Cruel and Heartless Me Says:

As lame as this may be, I am a huge fan of oversized stuffed animals. There’s just something about large furry masses of animal that bring out the huggy side of me. Surprises are my favorite and I also enjoy flowers. I think they’re nice.

At seventeen, I still give out valentines I’ve handmade (store bought valentines would be fantastically unacceptable). They’re nothing fancy and I don’t make a massive amount of them. They’re usually just a funny little note to let people know I was thinking about them and that they make my days better.

Despite the fact I have no significant other this February 14, I am not a bitter and miserable Valentine’s Day dreading love hater. That would be utterly unjustifiable and pathetic. I love and am so grateful for everyone in my life. Valentine’s Day isn’t just about romantic love.