Valentine's Day? Sheeeeiiiit....

Thank fuck it's over with. Those were two unbearable days. And how is it that some people actually stretched this Valentine's horseshit over two days anyway? You know, there were some giving it on Friday, balloons crowding what little room they had left in their cars and such. Flowers and candy being handed out as if they were somehow deserved, and all because some fucking guys (and girls) buckled under the pressure of conforming. Yes, conforming. Cos it'd really be hell to pay if any of them missed it or forgot it. Or worse yet, chose to willfully ignore it.

I'm not bitter or anything, am I? I'm only being realistic. Now I'm a bit of a romantic bastard myself, kind of a sap actually, but some of these activities are well over the fucking top! One I can't bear is men recieving flowers. I would not stand for it. I'd be embarassed to fuck! I mean SERIOUSLY! I'd feel like a right tool walking around with a bouquet of fucking flowers! This apparently flatters some people. Again, I'm not opposed to the romance aspect, I'm not some cranky git that only feels negatively towards the day simply because I got to spend it dead alone! (Technically, I DO have a valentine, in fact, though it's a bit complicated. More on that in a minute) I just can't get my head around this shit sometimes.

So there I was, out at theme pub wanting to have a few pints before pissing off back home and who ALSO happens to be there? Well, the fucking Valentine's Day couples of course! They were mobbed up, weren't they? Really making their prescence felt. See, what happens is theme pub is also a restaurant on the other side of the bar so there was some spill over from the dining area. So I'm trying to sip a pint and chit chat idly as I usually do and all amidst these annoying balloons and cupids and goofy looking bastards who were making a really big deal out of the whole thing. Lucky I wasn't a bouncer cos I'da found ANY excuse to chuck 'em all out. This is a BAR, for fuck's sake!! How about a bit of decorum? Go engage in that shit elsewhere! Like a park or something...

So, I do have a 'valentine', though luckily for me, there is an enormous distance between us. In fact, she's in another country (even though the border with said country is about 12 miles from where I write, it's just that saying 'she's in another country' REALLY sounds dramatic, innit?). And I say 'luckily', cos if we were closer, I'd have damn sure been one of those sad, pathetic C's making way too big a deal about the whole matter! Yeah, I'm cynical to a point, ain't I? Vaguely hypocritical on the issue as well, but I'm only being honest!