So here it comes, the doubleplus ungood holiday for those of us who are unattached. I speak, of course, of Valentine's Day. KING-fm just announced a "special" program of "Valentine's day music - inspired by love, hearts, chocolate..." Crikey. Can't I even listen to classical music without irritating thematic sappiness creeping in?

for those who feel the same, I re-present to you The Gallery of Unfortunate Valentine's Day cards. And there are a number of "I hate Valentine's Day" pages out there, here is one.
And SENiOR Cranky has his say, too.
I'm not bitter. no, really. It's just - I don't like the concept of a holiday that promotes:

1. If you love the person in your life, you are expected to buy them candy, flowers, or preferably jewelry. And don't forget the card! And don't forget the unnaturally colored, pink-red-and-white teddy bear or stuffed doggy!
2. If you don't buy something for that person, you are a heartless slug and they would do well to dump you now.
3. If you don't have a person in your life to buy pink and red crap for you on Valentine's day, then you are a loser, a second-class citizen, and deserve all the ridicule you get.

Oh, and another thing: remember those cheap little paper cards that you sent your classmates for Valentine's Day. They have some of the weirdest thematic tie-ins this year. I mean, "Crocodile Hunter" valentines? It boggles the mind....

yes, I was one of the girls who was never sent a carnation in my high-schools "valentine's day flower sale"