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The Daily SlackerThe Daily Slacker

The Worstest Day

Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Hello and unwelcome to the one day of the year when it totally f-in sucks to be single.
 
While approximately 100 million couples will go out to dinner tonight, and at least about 50,000 engagements will occur today making all those involved incredibly happy, the singles amongst us rue the day. Not like I hadn't been feeling humpy anyway, but this day always has a way of pushing me down the unhappy side of the hill. It's not so bad anymore since I've kinda become accustom to the whole thing seeing as I've had consistently bad luck with the day, but it still does suck.
 
Our of 27 Worstest Day's I've been around for, I've had a date on 5 of them. Three of those, I wish now that I hadn't because it was basically the last date before getting dumped. First one was Tomboy, my second girlfriend, got her a nice necklace and earring set, didn't hear from her for two weeks and then found out she didn't want to date. Second regrettable one was the next GF after that, had a nice date and gave her some small diamond earrings since it was about a year. I found out a week later she was dating someone else. Two weeks later I got the earrings back in the mail. I'm sure she was meaning to be nice, but ouch. Third one was a GF in college, during a date on V-day, she decided that since I wasn't sure that I wanted to be married in the next two years that she didn't want to date anymore. The last two I had been dating Conservative Girl, so they went all right, but there was definitely something missing since we never were in love. Definitely not a great track record.
 
Tonight my date's a computer. I'll read up on the blogs, play some Wow, all that fun shnit.
 
I guess it makes sense though in a balance sort of way. On normal days most people are content, and there's a small group of really happys and a group of really crappys. Today, the really happy population grows and starts hogging up all the Ying, so the single population gets to eat big, fat, not at all tasty Yang sandwich and deal with it. If everyone was happy the whole balance would be thrown off kilter and the world might implode or something.
 
So yeah, all you people having a good Valentine's day, find a single person with their Yang sandwich and thank them. Oh, and buying us a beer to wash it down with would be pretty cool too!

posted by Chief Slacker @ 10:29 AM,




8 Comments:

At Tue Feb 14, 11:29:00 AM, Blogger The Nicsperiment said...

S'all good, Slacker, because our ranks of V-Day haters are growing and growing. Just read this article on Yahoo about how many people have joined our side in the past five years:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/usatoday/20060213/en_usatoday/bemyantivalentine

Even the retailing bastards who invented the day are noticing it.

 
At Tue Feb 14, 11:36:00 AM, Blogger OzzyC said...

I've never been big on Valentine's day. It's a made-up holiday designed to get us to spend our hard-earned money on whoever we're dating, whether or not we really love them. What a load of shit. I understand that my wife likes it, and as a result I celebrate it, but it doesn't mean as much to me. I celebrate because it means something to her.

Love should include showing that affection whenever and wherever... it's a little email on an average day... it's a single flower for no reason... it's a hug when you first get home from work... it's going to the store for aspirin when she's sick... Anyone who puts that much meaning into a commercial holiday is totally missing the point.

 
At Tue Feb 14, 11:42:00 AM, Blogger jlybn123 said...

Hey there, it's funny that you mention that single people dread days like today and yet, I really don't look forward to it. At all. Not that I despise Sweetest Day or Valentine's Day, for that matter, just really isn't a big deal to me. Just another day! Am I a party pooper???

 
At Tue Feb 14, 12:42:00 PM, Blogger Anisa said...

happy valentine's day to you anyway! i spent most of mine single and my daddy always sent me flowers because he knew how much i HATED being single.

this too shall pass and tomorrow will be just a regular ol' day.

and as far as sweetest day...i have never celebrated that. it's so clearly made up!!

 
At Tue Feb 14, 09:39:00 PM, Blogger Marie said...

I hear you, Chief. Believe me. I have never had a really good Valentine's Day. I was trying to think back and couldn't think of one. So this holiday is one that I try to pretend is just another day.

 
At Wed Feb 15, 11:03:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sweetie you should have called me and we could have been single and hating this day together!

 
At Wed Feb 15, 05:46:00 PM, Blogger Chief Slacker said...

nicholas - nice article. heh, how long before it becomes ant-valentines day and the celebraters are the outcasts? :O)

Ozzyc- I think the sentiment of it is good. and having to day to be extra special isn't bad, but it shouldn't reolve around spending money, that's for sure.

jlybn - No party pooping there. Not everyone has to have strong feeligns on everything ;O)

Anisa - yeah, it definitely will pass. Hopefully one of these years I'll have a good V-Day taht stays a good V-day.

Marie - Maybe next year we can ge together and have a good one! heh

Runt - eh, I'm not much for calling people when I'm down. Jsut not my thing I guess.

 
At Fri Feb 17, 11:13:00 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Think of the pressure you aren't under wondering if you bought the right thing for her.

It's a day you (and I) can relax.

I spent my evening eating a turkey sub straight out of the foil ... in a recliner ... watching Lost.

 

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