Ah, Valentine's day, a very strange holiday fueled on raging teenage hormones and horrible, overpriced chocolate. I've been through many stages on that most odd of days, so let's start there:
Elementary school is the best place to be on February 14th. Each kid had a special goodie bag, specially decorated with your name. Everyone had to bring Valentine's for each person in the class, no discrimination, so everyone felt appreciated and loved. The best part was impressing people with your holographic cards or your special candies you gave in tiny, heart covered bags. I would get two sets of valentine's, ones for the boys and I and one for the girls. Generally I had Star Wars, Pokemon, or Yu-Gi-Oh Valentine's for Nick, John, Joey, etc. and Princess or Hello Kitty designs for Seattle and the other girls in the class because many of them were nearly appalled by my tomboy-ness. Elementary school, specifically K-2 were the best years of Valentine's bliss. The next few years began to lose that "everyone" factor the first few had, perhaps to save money and time. Some classes didn't even have parties! I do remember that 4th grade I got my first real Valentine's gift from a boy--a stuffed dog. The truth is, that is all I remember of Valentine's 4-5 grade.
Also, whatever kid brought in Fun-Dip was a God among men. |
Then came middle school. Oh lord, middle school. As you all know, it was a very hard time for me, being bullied and trying to find my identity. By then, most people were really beginning to date. Parties were a thing of the past since there was real work to be done. You only gave Valentine's to your closest of friends, in my case, Joellen. I did have a wonderful boy with me one Valentine's but for the life of me can't remember anything but the gift he gave me. We might have gone to a movie or dinner? I don't remember. Sorry!
Now, there is Hell. High School is when Valentine's becomes a partisan holiday. People divide into 3 groups: Those in a relationship, those who are single with lots of friends and are happy anyway, and me--the lonely singles. In High School, people stop giving to friends and focus on their loved ones. I'll admit, for the first two years I was the angry cynical type, saying Valentine's was a dumb commercial holiday made solely to make me feel worse; constantly having to confront couples engulfing each other's faces and girls walking through the halls with giant bouquets and stuffed animals can do that to a girl. The worst part of Valentine's is me. You see, when I find someone I like, I essentially latch onto them, it becomes extremely hard for me to look at anyone else and I fall hopelessly like a girl in a romantic comedy; however, unlike a romantic comedy, I never get the guy. Sophomore year was crippling--I fell for a guy who turned out to be a horrible person who's friends sent me threatening texts when they found out I had a crush on him. If you couldn't guess, this turned me off dating for a while. Instead, my parents bought me roses and a balloon to take to school just to feel better about myself. My parents have always been my biggest fans on the heart day.
Nectar of the gods |
I know there are also a lot of you like I used to be, hating the holiday because you have to watch each friend get gifts. This year, tying doing a date with your friends! Go to a movie with the girls or the guys! Have a game night for a group, no couples invited! Give derpy internet Valentine's to everyone! Don't let this get you down. Valentine's really is over-inflated. Just pop by the grocery store on the 15th and reap the discounted benefits! Don't think this year I'll be moping about! On Valentine's I'll post my 10 Tips to Surviving Valentine's! This is basically a little prelude!
Sorry for the HUGE dose of sappyness! I hope you all enjoy my longer posts though. I have a long practice tomorrow for Beauty and the Beast, but hopefully, I'll get that Clash of Heroes video up and maybe another one soon. We'll shoot for at least 1 video every 2 weeks? We'll see! Have a great day! <3
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