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    10 Things We Hate About Valentine's Day

    Roxanne LowitRoxanne Lowit1. Single or coupled, if you didn't make a reservation in January, your options for going out to dinner are limited to the local fast food drive-through.

    2. The hour of our lives we waste every year in the greeting card aisle, looking for the perfect one.

    3. The overnight tripling of the price of roses, forcing your boyfriend to choose between getting you a bouquet of a dozen or paying his cable bill that month.

    4. The 24/7 romantic comedy marathon on TV during the month of February either makes you feel like a loser for being single or makes you resent your boyfriend for not being John Cusack.

    5. If you've had anything resembling a date in the past two months, it always prematurely launches the "where is this going?" conversation.

    6. If you're single and lucky enough to have three close, single girlfriends, you can't go out for drinks with them without being a cliche.

    7. We don't need another stuffed teddy bear holding a heart or a cheap box of "guess the mystery filling" chocolates, thanks.

    8. They don't make Valentine's Day cards for friends-with-benefits or "I think I like you but it's too soon to tell."

    9. We just started paying off our credit card bills from holiday shopping--our bank statements can't handle another gift.

    10. Those gross taste-like-sidewalk-chalk conversation hearts.

    By Diana Vilibert

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    41 comments

    • Michelle Star  •  3 years 4 months ago
      sharing the day with a cheat and a liar who doesn't know I know.
      what a dirt bag!
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 years 4 months ago
      I FEEL IT IS ANICE DAYTO MAKE SOME DIFFERNT BUT LOVE AFTER MARIEED IS LOSEAND THEDAY BECOM AWOREST DAY AND SAD
    • El-roy  •  3 years 4 months ago
      i just like valentines day 4 the pussy
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 years 4 months ago
      the only thing i hate about valentines day is when my boyfriend might brake up with me
    • Two Cents  •  3 years 4 months ago
      I hate that anyone who knows that you're in a relationship will ask you incessantly what your "special plans" are- usually accompanied with a little wink- for valentines day...beginning at least a week before. Ugh. How about "private"?
    • Kate  •  3 years 4 months ago
      Last year my bf and I went to a Broadway show, etc. And this year, we talked about doing something similar, but we are ALWAYS OUT...We work, go out, spend time with friends, etc.
      I told him I thought it would be awesome to cook dinner together. We've never done that before, and he loved the idea. We can spend the rest of the year traveling, going out, etc. I'm really looking forward to staying in that night. =)
    • Blakemore  •  3 years 4 months ago
      Three words: VERMONT TEDDY BEAR
    • kitkatgurl06  •  3 years 4 months ago
      The one thing I hate about Valentine's Day is that my husband is deployed this year. We're normally very romantic but on Valentine's he always takes it over the top. I'm gonna miss that this year.
    • Mary Frei  •  3 years 4 months ago
      I think Valentine's day has become and excuse for some to "not be romantic" every other day of the year. Fortunately, although my husband is not Prince Charming EVERY day, he treats me VERY WELL all year through so Valentine's day is pretty much "just another day" with a nice label on it.
    • Audlynne  •  3 years 4 months ago
      The worst? The day itself. If you are single it makes you feel unworthy, or you have an axiety attack wondering 'how much' he cares. If you're married, the axiety attack is increase twofold because, 'what if he forgets?" (which mine does)Then you question your relationship because, how could he forget with all the marketing? Don't even get me started about "sweetest" day. Who the heck thought of that one? FTD, Rocher or Whitman's?
    • Turquoise  •  3 years 4 months ago
      Oh please! This day is completely overrated. I'm single, and HAPPY I don't have to endure this pathetic excuse of a holiday! Even when i'm in a relationship, I never get into it. Too cheesy for my taste! Unless you bought me a plane ticket to Morocco.
    • .  •  3 years 4 months ago
      I don't hate anything about It now.Now that I'm single,I couldn't be happier.I'll enjoy it no matter what,now that the jerk is out of my life.
    • W  •  3 years 4 months ago
      Dumb. Plenty of girls would be thrilled to get a teddy bear or chocolate. It's the thought that counts and Christmas was less than two months ago. Stop being so greedy! If you're mad that you got it then maybe your relationship doesn't mean much to you. Isn't your signifigant other the best gift you can get?

      And all of the whiners who hate Valentine's Day are nothing but jealous. Who cares if you're single. Remember the Valentine parties in elementary school when all of the kids gave each other VDay cards? You were able to have fun without a lover then, why not now? And if you don't need a day to prove your love, then can't you still enjoy or ignore it? Why complain about it? Nobody's forcing you to buy candy and roses.

      What IS pathetic is people thinking they NEED to be in love for no other reason than it's Valentine's Day. That's not love. That's desperation! Haha.
    • ALIZE  •  3 years 4 months ago
      i like going to the store the day after valentines day and buy all the chocolate...lol all for me..
    • Moe Hailstone  •  3 years 4 months ago
      Hey,

      Valentine's Day is an old holiday in my opinion. It's played.
      Unless you're in a marriage, engaged, or in a committed relationship, this day is for those people. Single people should just stay the hell home Saturday. Don't go out because all the lovers will be out having candlelight dinners. Where I come from, the hotels are mobbed and the lines just for a 20 minute twirl on the flesh-toboggin in a room is embarassing. Don't forget, Friday the 13th is the day before---don't press your luck, bring your ship into port for repairs, spring is ahead folks.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  3 years 4 months ago
      Single, are we? You seem to ahve some serious resentment for Valentine's day. It's never been that important to me, but damn!, the resentment!
    • BYD057  •  3 years 4 months ago
      lmao elroy.roberts, that is sooo true! and thats the same reason guys do ANYTHING for girls
    • Baseball Fury  •  3 years 4 months ago
      1. guys who cheat on their girls/wives and have the nerve to give them gifts on valentines

      2. and the women who allow it to happen and accept this(they know he's cheating!)

      3. now we have to buy diamonds on valentines!

      4. HAVING TO CELEBRATE VALENTINES PERIOD!!!!

      why only be romantic on this day...choose any other day(s) to show your love/affection
    • Clarabell  •  3 years 4 months ago
      Why are people so afraid and embarrassed to be alone? It's a sign of mental weakness and poor self-esteem......why should you be "together" for the sake of being together?? People will subject themselves to mediocrity for the sake of keeping up appearances. Sad really.
      Worst part of VDay? the fact we had to create a holiday to remind lovers to be romantic....and ironically it's in February, the coldest month of the year.
      Stop subscribing to society's idea of what it is to be "happy." I'd 10/10 rather sit at home watching a good movie or reading a good book, than endure dinner with someone I can barely tolerate.
    • nancy  •  3 years 4 months ago
      I like the conversation hearts!!!!

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