Who created this holiday anyway? A special day to mush over that special person in your life. A day to celebrate love, find love, make love and eat large amounts of rich foods and chocolate. For those without lovers there exists a plethora of fast food and non romantic restaurants waiting for them with open arms. There's also TV and the bottom of a bottle of wine to provide entertainment for the lonely.
I never thought I'd be lonely on Valentines Day. My husband had always found a way to make the day special for us, but work got in the way this year and we found ourselves with 600 miles between us. What's a girl to do? The game plan was to hole away in my bedroom and watch TV and search for that bottom of the bottle, while my son entertained his new girlfriend downstairs. But it turned out that I had people in my life who rescued me from certain disaster. My husband and I talked and skyped for most of the morning. My son and his lady took me to lunch and mini-golf (though they didn't let me win) and a good friend whose husband was also traveling hung out with me for dinner and an improv show.
Not everyone is this lucky. This holiday is downright painful to some who have loved and lost, or never loved at all. We are surrounded by hearts and flowers, candy and perfume, red and pink dresses and sweaters, young lovers kissing and holding hands and, worse yet, old lovers kissing and holding hands! Is this holiday a great idea or an evil plan to crush the hearts of all single people.
So I end my night with TV and not my honey, but as lonely Valentine's Days go, it wasn't too bad.
Bought my sig other a dozen roses.guess they sat in the car freezing for 2 long.they wilted the next day except for 1 hardy soul. The cat ate it at his 1st opportunity. Oh well.
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