As a public service to all those who feel the same way about the looming "unimaginative, consumerist-oriented and entirely arbitrary, manipulative and shallow interpretation of romance day", here is a site that might provide just what you need to get through it. You have a week to select the right message…
Yes, it’s that special time of year when chocolate manufacturers and greetings card companies encourage you to demonstrate the extent of your fondness in cold, hard, cash (or the satin-covered equivalent) on February 14th.
Fuck that.
Or as a friend once said: Valentine’s Day is to love as tap water is to tequila.
Forewarned, forearmed. Good luck.
Barry Dorrans
on Feb 7th, 2006
@ 11:13 am:
OK, can we focus on the slutty lingerie aspect please…
Small Values of Cool
on Feb 7th, 2006
@ 14:23 pm:
I Love You Blah Blah Blah
“Nothing says “I Love You” quite like saturated fat and slutty underwear.” Be My Anti Valentine. Brilliant. But – who to send it to? Michael, taking advantage of his sobriety…
Rob Halper
on Feb 9th, 2006
@ 21:11 pm:
Well, so much for the “dewey-eyed” romantic theory. Alright, already. We believe you!! But how about slutty fat and saturated lingerie?!
Perry de Havilland
on Feb 14th, 2006
@ 14:36 pm:
I always associate Valentine’s day with massacres.
Samizdata.net
on Feb 14th, 2006
@ 14:45 pm:
Happy Anti-Valentine from Adriana
Nothing says “I love you” quite like saturated fat and slutty lingerie. And as St. Valentine’s day is typically associated with dreamy soft focus pictures……
Alan K. Henderson
on Feb 15th, 2006
@ 6:46 am:
I hate tequila.
Lusiphur
on Feb 15th, 2006
@ 18:49 pm:
This is scarily apropos of conversations I was having with female acquaintances last night. More and more I think people are coming to the realisation that if you can only manage to make an effort on one day of the year (and in a cliched fashion at that) then your relationship is probably in a little trouble ..
Also, I agree with a previous commenter .. more about slutty lingerie plskthx
Andrew Spark
on Mar 13th, 2006
@ 9:26 am:
Of course a study by Rutgers University confirms that flowers do in fact make people happier, even men!