i bet you thought i had some snarky anti-valentine’s day post cooked up for today. like maybe how it’s just a hallmark holiday that is completely bogus because romance isn’t a once a year thing? or maybe how, it’s a conspiracy perpetrated by jewelers, florists, restauranteurs, retailers, and candymakers? or maybe how it’s another way in a long list of ways our society makes single women feel like less of a person because they haven’t settled for The One yet? or how it’s really for 15 year olds with crushes or who are in puppy love? Nah, i’m not gonna say any of that, because this valentine’s day finds me perfectly content. i thought about how different today would actually be if i were still married and i realized i would actually have been really upset because there would have been zero acknowledgment anyway. and for me, being lonely with someone, is far worse than just being alone. and as kelly clarkson says, “being alone doesn’t mean i’m lonely.” and while i am single (99% of the time, happily), i really don’t feel alone anyway, since i have my girls and my nephews and my pals and etc etc. there was no one to let me down today and that is BIG in my book. i’m still enthralled with my freedom and independence and having this place all to myself. i’m still content to be the queen of the castle.
i had no issue complimenting flowers at work -heck i even delivered some. i ate their chocolate, ooooed & ahhhed at their jewels, and thanked jeebus i didn’t have to go home to their husbands. i had no stress about finding a gift for someone i wasn’t that into and i had no worries about disappointment. i enjoyed gift shopping for 2 kids who dig most anything i get them (or who are now old enough to at least pretend they do) and i came home to those same loving children who appreciate me and a cat who rubbed my legs (s0 what if he was hungry – i stilled laid his pellets out in a heart) so, honestly, it really was a good day.
and, guys, the 2 of you that read this, we women know valentine’s day is nonsense and we really just want you to be good to us all the time with small gestures rather than one artificial grand one. but if you’re in a relationship, you gotta acknowledge it. it’s a catch-22 for you, but suck it up, spend too much money on bullshit, and deal with it. whatever you did, i hope you weren’t the asshole who believed her when she said she didn’t care.
and you know what? i had my valentine’s days shower happy ending which is probably more than most people can say.
so happy VD!
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