So if you’re single or simply can’t be with your loved one Valentine’s night can be a real pain.
A few years ago, when I was living in Milan, we had a singles night out which was good fun…
This year?
I’ll probably be choosing from this list:
- Watch TV (not an option for me unless I can get my Sky fixed… )
- Watch a DVD – preferably a violent one
- Read a book – always a good option
- Go to the cinema – just try to avoid the soppy / sloppy couples
- Write petulant entries in your diary … I don’t have one, so that’s a non-runner
- Commit suicide – bit depressing
- Commit an act of kindness – saw that somewhere recently.. nice suggestion
- Work – I do that anyway, so that wouldn’t be very original
- Stay on a desert island – bit expensive for flights etc. and the Aran islands would be rather cold at this time of year
- Go out with your single friends – good option if they’re up for it
- Go out with your single friends BUT come home WITH someone – interesting challenge
- Go to bed early with a book and listen to music – good option if you can do it
Any other suggestions?
Stay in and watch porn.
Adam
Damn! I had DVD, but forget porn!
Michele
has my vote. There’s lots of single ladies out there (or men for whom ever so desires) and Valentines day is the one day they all need to be loved.
Head out to the pub or the club – all the couples head home early, leaving all the singletons out for some fun.
Instead of reading a book why not start writing your own!
Or like point 7 above ‘Commit an act of kindness’.
Find a young couple with small children and babysit so that they can go celebrate.
I suppose if you really tried you could do both!
Michele,
the first thing you do is not get a hang up about being single on Saint Valentine’s Day. It’s not a romantic day, it’s a Manipulative Day. Manipulated into dinner, roses, cards, stuff.
What would you be choosing to do on the average Wednesday evening? Light a fire? A little bit of DIY? Exploring Wikipedia? Exploring Amazon.com? You have all these options. Some techie stuff that escapes my imagination right now. Surely you have a life that goes beyond “I’m single and it’s Saint Valentine’s Night”. If you don’t, for Gods sake don’t watch television because When Harry Met Sally will be on, or better still, the Hugh Grant Marathon Night.
Take Paris. I could go to Paris on Wed if I really wanted but I wouldn’t be going there because it was terribly romantic. I’d be going there to check out some specialist shops that I have an interest in like Loisirs et Creations and also some of the wool shops and the tapestry shops.
Damnit you should be committing acts of kindness anyway. Doing something for the sake of doing something…it’s as sad as buying 12 red roses at the garage. Normal life doesn’t stop, like.
Go and throw things at happy couples, obviously.
Rob – I was going to suggest that as well 🙂
Treasa – I don’t have any hangups about Valentine’s day. As far as I’m concerned it would be just another day if I wasn’t subject to all the bloody marketing materal 🙂
Fix your router 🙂
F**k your neighbor.
Laura – been trying all night. Stupid bloody thing!