valentine's day
5:17 PM
Case in point: In two of my classes, there's a girl (whose redeeming qualities I'll ignore) who walked in on Valentine's with an orange rose and an armful of hideous cards glued to thumb-sized chocolate bars. "These are for you guys," she said loudly, as she handed out three. Later on in the day, I overheard her telling her friend that her parents had given her the flower as a fun gift and that she was carrying it around to impress people. "It looks like I have a boyfriend," she whispered. Her friend asked her if she wanted one that badly. "Yeah," she said. "I don't get why no one will ask me out." Her friend then told her that she looked cute in her pink shirt and hairsprayed hair. What she should've pointed out that if she hairsprayed her hair other days too and maybe didn't talk about only herself, people would like her a bit more. But I digress. She does have nice eyes and she probably doesn't have allergies.
It's not only her though. There are other people who somehow think that just because it's a calendar holiday, they're likelier to get a date. "It's Singles Awareness Day," read one out of five statuses in the news feed this year. My sympathies to the guy with slouching posture and a great sense of racist humor -- and the girls who befriend food to show how independent they are. I didn't know chocolate was an independent sport.
On the other end of the spectrum, there are people in relationships who believe in consistency and that showing a Valentine's day-equivalent love throughout the year is better. It does seem more rational to have that mindset. I have an aunt who says things like that and has never celebrated her anniversary even though she got married on Valentine's Day itself. Anyways, she got divorced last year.
It's not like I'm sour, but the two times I've received chocolate, the givers ended up eating most of the box. On the other hand, for the past two years, I've won a prize in my Spanish teacher's love poem contest by writing about how much I love my reflection. That's good enough for me.
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