ALONE on Valentines day anyone?

I am but i kinda got used to now I always broke up before valentines day came around the last time i had one was when i was 14 i've dated and been in relationships since then none serious though and like i said none on valentines day sry i need to vent

anyone else alone today?

I am. I have a boyfriend. We've been together 3 yrs in may but he's in hospital right now.

I am.
It's complicated my bf and I are going through a rough patch so we're not celebrating!
Besides valentines is overrated *coughs*

^ true i agree. i dnt need a day to tell me wen to show my love to someone. i'll do it everyday.
i sorta am but not at the same time. weird yup.

I didn't spend Valentine's Day alone, but I didn't get to spend it with my girlfriend.

Britt, the origins of Valentine's was lost a long time ago, and was commericalized by the West. If you knew the history behind it, you would have different thoughts.

It's based on Saint Valentine's, they were early christians martyrs that helped start the tradition of courtly love. This was during the time of the middle ages, so romance never existed. It celebrates something beautiful, courtly love.

Courtly love was first expressed in the form of lyrical poetry. In the middle ages, marriage was never based on love, until nobles started following their hearts. Valentine's Day gave nobles the oppurtunity to express their true feelings to the people they truely loved, in the form of lyrical poetry, and eventually through notes, cards and other various presents.

If you knew the origins, you would think twice about discouraging others from celebrating it.

^^ thats interesting... I never heard that before, I always heard something else..

I kinda spent it alone lol.

"If you knew the origins, you would think twice about discouraging others from celebrating it."

^ Britt wasn't discouraging others from celebrating it. Read carefully.

No, I wasn't alone on Valentine's Day. On Valentine's my boyfriend, mom, dad, aunts, uncle, grandma & I as well as our whole community & other surrounding communities all got together. I was in a theatrical production, of which our group volunteered to perform for The Prairie Women on Snowmobiles; a group riding across the country to help raise money for breast cancer research & more. :)

"Commercial if ya ask me. I celebrate my love everyday. I don't need someone else to tell me I need to."

That's quite an uneccessary remark to make. It sounds like she's trying to persuade people to think the day is bogus.

But whatever...

Saint Valentine Day was initially celebrated by English catholics after the public ceremony of excommunication of Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, which happened on February 14, 1556. Queen Mary Tudor, it seems, dedicated this event to commemorate her tutor, Spanish philosopher Juan Louis Vives Valentinus. At the time when Henry VIII planed to divorce Catherine of Aragone, both, Thomas Cranmer and Juan Louis Vives, were asked by Henry VIII to provide "justification"for the divorce. Vives refused to support the king's romance with Anne Boleyn and argued in favor of a faithful marriage. Thomas Cranmer, on the opposite, supported the divorce, and performed the secret marriage of the king and Anne Boleyn. Eventually, Vives was punished by Henry VIII for his
views, and Cranmer was lifted and became Archbishop of Canterbury. But when Mary I came to power and tried to restore the catholic rule in England, Cranmer was excommunicated and burned. However, open celebration of the triumph of the catholic views on the marriage was short,
because after the death of queen Mary, queen Elisabeth I gradually turned the country to Protestantism. In this turbulent time the divided people of England continued to celebrate the Holiday, but had to do it carefully, and created the two legends about ancient martyrs. The protestant legend portrayed Thomas Cranmer as the Saint Valentine who disobeyed the order of a roman emperor (King Charles of Spain) and performed secret marriages of the soldiers (Henry VIII), patronizing the romantic love. The catholic legend portrayed Juan Louis Vives Valentinus
as Saint Valentine, who opened eyes of the blind daughter (princess Mary) of his jailer (Henry VIII) by sending her a healing letter (education). Later both legends were moved in time to early centuries.

The origin of Valentines Day in the United States as we know it today is attributed to a woman named Esther Howland of Worcester, Massachusetts. The daughter of a book and stationery store owner, Esther popularized the giving of elaborately decorated valentine cards in the 1840s.

All the history aside, today it is a chance for companies to exploit our every little whim. As general rule, we don't do Valentines Day in my house, though once in a while there is a surprise here and there. Everyone should do what they feel, whether that means buying into the commercial aspect, making something more personal or not doing it at all because you do loving things for one another all throughout the year.

^^ I agree.

And it sucks that the commercial aspects are all that people remember. For those who do know the origins, they may have more meaning for the day, like myself.

When you think back to the different centuries, and how they celebrate Valentine's, it wouldn't be the same. Maybe I just think with an ancient brain. I think I need to adapt to modern society.. lol

It's not that I have anything against the day per say, I just think, like many things in life, we should try and acknowledge these things everyday or at least as often as we can, you don't even have to spend money to do so, though if you have it and want to, spend away, just don't get lost in the greedy, ego stroking side of life.

"That's quite an uneccessary remark to make. It sounds like she's trying to persuade people to think the day is bogus."

^ No, it's not an unnecessary remark at all. If you'd read more carefully she'd said "Commercial if ya ask me. I celebrate..." She did not mention that everyone else should believe so as well, she didn't say that anyone's foolish for thinking otherwise or anything of the sort. All she did was state her opinion & feelings. There was nothing unnecessary about that.

Not trying to get into an argument & have nothing against St. Valentine's Day or anything like that, it's just sad & pathetic to see others discourage someone else's opinion or feelings.

It seems to me that commercialization does cheapen companionship

Esther and Elmer

While Ester and Elmer were at the county fair Elmer
Spotted a sign that read; airplane rides $50

Elmer told Ester he would like to take an airplane ride because he had wanted to as long as he could remember.

Ester said I don't know Elmer fifty dollars is fifty dollars

Elmer protested and said this is the only thing he had ever wanted to do in the eighty
Years

Ester still unmoved responded fifty dollars is fifty dollars

The pilot overheard the dispute and said I am a stunt flyer also and "I need practice" he siad he was about to take the plane up for practice and if they could remain silent they could ride for free, but if they made a sound they would have to pay fifty dollars

Elmer and Ester agreed to the terms of his proposal

The pilot was in the air and began with a simple loop and heard no sound in the back

Then he straightened out the plane and performed a single roll

Still he heard no sound

The pilot then did a double loop followed by a triple roll, heard no sound and then landed the plane. He turned looking over his right shoulder and admitted to Elmer his amazement he heard no screams during the stunts

Elmer calmly admitted he wanted to get his attention when Ester fell out, but proudly said fifty dollars is fifty dollars is fifty dollars

Yeah I spent valentines day alone... it sucked

I spent it alone too, knowing my ex was with someone else that night. he had promiced he would be with me that day stupid lier

That sucks ^^^ i know how you feel

It is sad that so many of us find reasons to be unhappy on such a day when surely we have others in our life to share our love with. Would it be nice to have a special some one? Of course, but we do have other special people we could show our appreciation to. Everyday is what you make it.

"It is sad that so many of us find reasons to be unhappy on such a day when surely we have others in our life to share our love with."

^ That's always been how I see it too, not just as a day to share your love with that ONE person; your significant other, but a day to share your love with MANY others too; parents, siblings, grandparents, friends, etc.