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Feb. 13th, 2007
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Valentines Day
Feb. 13th, 2007 04:45 pm Disclaimer: I am the first to put my hands up as a soppy, fluffy romantic person, I like to do little things for the person/people that I love, I have often bought and given classic valentines to people. This is also my first valentines day as a single gal for the last 18 years.
Today at work I am surrounded by a massive collection of gibbering idiots. The girls who have spent the last 4 months non-stop bitching about their partners, the things they do, the things they don't do etc etc, are all of a quiver because today they were sent flowers at work, or had a valentine sent through internal post, or something else 'gesture-ific.'
I appear to be the only 'single-non-valentine-able' member of NW Direct today and I have been coping alright. I was a little surprised that I am having a spike in the lonely-type feelings today, I haven't been dreading it, I am not actively missing anyone in particular more today than I have been before, it's been quite samey.
Even when I've been in a relationship, I am far more impressed by the little everyday romantic stuff, than by a single massive gesture one day out of the year. We exchanged cards, would use it as an excuse for a nice dinner out together, but not anything like the 'gesture' that arrived on the academy desk today.
L is breaking up with her boyfriend, she's been breaking up with him for the last 4 months (that I've known her for) he's everything that's bad about men and she can't imagine spending the rest of her life with him. So, my question was, why, if she feels like this is she sighing and fawning over him because he bought up half the flowers in England and plonked them all on our desk? Just for this one day he's not a complete bastard (if her previous assessment is true) and now she's ready to have his babies!!??
WTF??
It's not sour grapes, I got a handmade valentine from my nephews this morning which means far more to me than anything I've seen today. I suppose I just don't understand how you can forgive someone anything as long as it's 14/2 and accompanied by a bunch of cheap flowers.
Today at work I am surrounded by a massive collection of gibbering idiots. The girls who have spent the last 4 months non-stop bitching about their partners, the things they do, the things they don't do etc etc, are all of a quiver because today they were sent flowers at work, or had a valentine sent through internal post, or something else 'gesture-ific.'
I appear to be the only 'single-non-valentine-able' member of NW Direct today and I have been coping alright. I was a little surprised that I am having a spike in the lonely-type feelings today, I haven't been dreading it, I am not actively missing anyone in particular more today than I have been before, it's been quite samey.
Even when I've been in a relationship, I am far more impressed by the little everyday romantic stuff, than by a single massive gesture one day out of the year. We exchanged cards, would use it as an excuse for a nice dinner out together, but not anything like the 'gesture' that arrived on the academy desk today.
L is breaking up with her boyfriend, she's been breaking up with him for the last 4 months (that I've known her for) he's everything that's bad about men and she can't imagine spending the rest of her life with him. So, my question was, why, if she feels like this is she sighing and fawning over him because he bought up half the flowers in England and plonked them all on our desk? Just for this one day he's not a complete bastard (if her previous assessment is true) and now she's ready to have his babies!!??
WTF??
It's not sour grapes, I got a handmade valentine from my nephews this morning which means far more to me than anything I've seen today. I suppose I just don't understand how you can forgive someone anything as long as it's 14/2 and accompanied by a bunch of cheap flowers.
