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02-14-2013, 12:39 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Valentine's Day. Is it really a holiday?
Just wondering the thoughts here on V-Day.
I can see it when you're seeing someone, but what is the deal with people making it a big deal? My mom called me this morning to say "Happy Valentine's Day!" I asked "why?" She also used to say I should get my daughter a card for it. I find this weird and unnecessary. There is no reason to wish people a happy v-day that you are not romantic with. |
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02-14-2013, 12:40 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Massachusetts
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I agree with you.
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02-14-2013, 12:42 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
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I don't even think it is necessary when you're romantic with someone.
Why do I need a special day to show someone I love them or make them feel special? I would like to think I do that every day.
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02-14-2013, 12:46 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I agree, but it's one of those things where society has fucked us so hard that even if you have a woman that says she feels this way you still have to do something... or else. |
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02-14-2013, 12:46 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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Why do I need a special day to show my country that I love it? I would like to think I do that every day  .
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02-14-2013, 12:47 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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I got one valentine so far, from a 40ish male investigator with a mustache who carries a gun.
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02-14-2013, 12:48 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Make sure he buys you dinner first. |
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02-14-2013, 12:49 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Decatur, GA
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Pumpy?
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02-14-2013, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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To be fair, the country doesn't really give a damn whether you show it you love it or not. July 4 is to show off to other people that you love it more than they do. They put up a flag, you put up a bigger flag. They have sparklers, you get fireworks. |
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02-14-2013, 12:54 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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Do you have stairs, molson?
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02-14-2013, 12:55 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: The Great Northwest
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Holiday? No.
A day to do something special for someone special in your life, sure who cares, but you should be doing that other days as well. I don't feel there is an issue that there is a day specifically set aside to remind us to do special things for the one we love.
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02-14-2013, 12:58 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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No, but I have a window with some trees underneath it that should cushion the fall from any escape attempt, if that's what you're getting at. |
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02-14-2013, 01:00 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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I am bound by the bounty hunter code (though I am not a bounty hunter) and am unable to confirm or deny that.
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02-14-2013, 01:00 PM
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Favored Bitch #1
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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This thread is useless without a poll
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02-14-2013, 01:01 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: homeless in NJ
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agree Quote:
Not true, my wife agrees that it is stupid and pointless. |
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02-14-2013, 01:07 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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I'll start really really getting into Valentine's Day when March 20th gets as much attention.
Urban Dictionary: steak and knobber day
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02-14-2013, 01:08 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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So you have a home with no stairs, yet there is a window high enough to eclipse the treetops. Interesting... |
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02-14-2013, 01:10 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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FWIW, your mother's take isn't anything I'd call unusual enough to qualify as "weird". Maybe it's generational (you & I are 5 years apart, so our parents are probably close in age) but throughout my childhood there was always some sort of Valentine's gift (typically candy) from both my parents & grandparents, and that seemed to be pretty common for my peers as well IIRC. Flash forward to more recent times & both set of grandparents in turn bought my son V-Day stuff until he was probably around 10. I think we probably bought him stuff until he was maybe 8 or 9. Nostalgically I bought him some chocolate when I picked up the flowers & candy for my wife this year (something I haven't given her in a number of years, so I got bonus points for the surprise).
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02-14-2013, 01:12 PM
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General Manager
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: The Mountains
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I've said WAY too much. |
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02-14-2013, 01:15 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Of course it's stupid and pointless. And even though my fiancee thinks the same, I still got her a card and something small because I wanted to. She was much more impressed when I randomly bought her flowers last Thursday than anything I would have done for today.
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02-14-2013, 01:22 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: NJ
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It's not stupid at all. Up until 6th grade it was the only way I knew if a girl would Be Mine or was Crazy 4Me.
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02-14-2013, 01:22 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Utah
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He wasn't asked if he had a ladder!
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02-14-2013, 01:23 PM
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Coordinator
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: San Diego via Sausalito via San Jose via San Diego
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Or an elevator.
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02-14-2013, 01:26 PM
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College Prospect
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Inland Empire, PRC
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valentine's day: Single's Awareness Day.
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02-14-2013, 01:39 PM
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Head Coach
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: NYC
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Great day to hit the bar if you're single. |
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02-14-2013, 01:40 PM
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02-14-2013, 01:45 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
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I was made aware of Sweetest Day this past October, which in comparison makes Valentines Day look like Christmas.
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02-14-2013, 01:48 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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02-14-2013, 01:52 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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Thanks Cuervo, glad to know I wasn't the only one who thought the same thing.
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02-14-2013, 01:57 PM
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Go Reds
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio
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As a single guy, I love Valentine's Day. I will be going out tonight for sure.
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02-14-2013, 01:58 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2001
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hide yo kids, hide yo wife |
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02-14-2013, 02:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: On Lake Harriet
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Our CFO paid for my smoothie in the company cafeteria this morning and said, Happy Valentine's Day.
*crossing my fingers* |
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02-14-2013, 02:19 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: St. Paul, MN
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My wife does as well. |
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02-14-2013, 02:38 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Fantasyland
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No
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02-14-2013, 02:39 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I'm just enjoying the idea that Molson lives in a home designed to get around like Pinball Number Count.
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02-14-2013, 02:41 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Melbourne, FL
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My wife loves valentines day - she's insists we get presents for all our kids and my youngest has to take in candy for everyone in his class.
I don't 'get' it myself - back home Valentines day is intended for people to declare love for a significant other and make money for Hallmark .... nothing else, not sure exactly what happened to it in Florida, but it seems weird to me |
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02-14-2013, 03:56 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Downriver, MI
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They made a pretty big deal of it in my kids kindergarten class. He came home Monday with a list of all the kids names in his class and a note that they would be having a V-Day party. We got little pink and blue bags of candy for all the kids, with little "To:, From:" tags on them. When Jake got home today, I noticed that was sort of what everyone had done.
Not sure if this was normal or not throughout the country, but kids (at least elementary age) make a deal of it. |
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02-14-2013, 03:59 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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That's pretty much the norm in all 50 states afaik. A tradition that goes back well before I was ever in school I believe. The exceptions that exist are usually either of the "Oh Noes, Candy !" variety or lower income districts where the expense is seen as a particular burden.
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02-14-2013, 04:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Pacific
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Are we off school? Are we off work? No? Not a holiday.
Made up to spur sales for a slow period of retail.
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02-14-2013, 04:14 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
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St. Patrick will not be pleased And I don't even want to think about how the various patrons of Halloween are going to react.
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02-14-2013, 04:21 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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Today would be the perfect day for a "Free Candy" van.
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02-14-2013, 05:04 PM
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Thai couples attempt longest kiss world record - video | World news | guardian.co.uk
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Nothing says love like kissing though a bowel movement. |
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02-14-2013, 05:53 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Maryland
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My kids don't have off Columbus or Veterans Day, fwiw. (Yet they were off Nov 5 & 6. Veterans Day seems especially shitty given the proximity to Ft. Detrick.)
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02-14-2013, 06:00 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Maassluis, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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02-14-2013, 06:17 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: the yo'
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Don't you dare bring one fucking pack of smarties into our kid's school or you will be reprimanded. Apparently we do it the no candy style. |
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02-14-2013, 06:49 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Here and There
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Valentines day for a guy = obligation day. Totally a woman's holiday.
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02-14-2013, 06:55 PM
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: MA
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I don't know, my girlfriend bought me a 3 month subscription to a beer of the month club. A dozen microbrews delivered to my doorstep monthly.
I have no complaints. |
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02-14-2013, 06:57 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Whittier
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Easter is the same thing. |
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02-14-2013, 06:58 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: Whittier
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One of my Grandmothers still sends me a card with money for Easter, Valentine's Day, and Halloween.
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