When I was in the eighth grade a boy approached me in front of the
whole class and asked me to be his valentine. He presented me with a cute
little teddy bear that held a heart and loaned me a copy of his Twilight, it
was the eight grade equivalent of romantic. What did I respond you ask? Well to
be quite honest I don’t really remember, in fact I’m pretty sure I ran away. It’s
safe to say I didn’t handle that situation well. I remember being flustered and
unable to formulate a sentence and to be quite honest… I’ve erased the rest of
the particular moment from my memory. The guy was nice, we were good friends
(and now, six years later we still like each others Facebook activity just to
be nice). Honestly, I truly regret it… it was so undeniably preteen. Mind the
excuses but really, I didn’t know how to react. I do remember shortly after the
boy publically asking me to be his valentine, he privately apologized for
putting me on the spot. He apologized for
asking me. Even though I ran away. God…
could I be a bigger douche? The reason I’m rehashing this painfully
embarrassing story is to explain something to you guys I’m valentines cursed. Publically rejecting him was the first and
last time anyone asked me to be their valentine.
Yes I know, a generic post about Valentines Day. But, the thing
about with valentines day is that its so hard to ignore. From the bitter posts
from the single people you know, to the vomit inducing “I love you babies,” of
couples, valentines day is everywhere. I can’t even count the number of girls
on my university campus carrying flowers or chocolates today. In fact, the
fellow opposite me on the train is on the phone with a friend talking about
what they got their significant others for valentines day (if you’re wondering it’s
was a card and a headache).
Here’s the thing… I don’t hate Valentines Day. I’m not going to be a
typical single nineteen year old girl who clutches a bottle of wine, an empty
box of chocolates and weeps incoherent I’m
gonna die alooooone’s. Or at least…. Ill try not to be. This is because,
all PTSD from the eight grade aside, I genuinely like valentines day. I envy
the girls and boys who have someone in their life that they're excited to spend
the day with, I envy the building excitement of questioning what the day will
entail, I even envy those particularly pretentious couples who are all “oh I hate valentines day.” It may be because
I am kind of a romantic, It maybe because I hope one day I’ll be able to spend
Valentines Day with someone special, maybe I even hope that we’ll talk about
how pointless and commerical Valentines Day is, but, at least I’ll have someone
to do it with. I’m a firm believer in love, that we should all be able to
experience it. I so badly want to experience it, but until then I’ll live
vicariously through those who do. So if you have someone to spend valentines
day with, don’t be a bitch. Just enjoy it.
xoxo.
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