Saint Valentine's day
02-September-2010
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Valentine’s Day is here again and the shops are going crazy just falling over each other to ram those stupid romantic gifts down your throat at every opportunity.  Every other shop window is filled with red roses, heart shaped cards and of course chocolates.

St. Valentine's day gift, chocolate hearts and flowers

If you’re in a relationship there’s an amazing amount of pressure to buy this tacky rubbish and to be honest I think it is more aimed at women than men.  I reckon most guys aren’t really bothered, but the girlfriends expect some sort of token on the 14th of February or there will be hell to pay!

I’ll bet that some of you are thinking that if the boys had been more appreciative of their partners throughout the year, then they wouldn’t have to go out to impress on Valentine’s Day.  Apparently men aren’t that good at remembering important dates anyway!

Should you happen to not be in a relationship at this time of year, you don’t get an easy ride either. In fact, for those people unfortunate enough to be made single around this time of year, Valentine’s Day can be a painful reminder.  Everywhere you look there are the cards, flowers and chocolates etc. in the shops.  On the radio and the TV there are endless messages of love and romance.  It really makes you feel very much more lonely than you would at any other time of year.

Actually, the whole spectacle just irritates me; particularly the way couples just lap it up and get sucked into the whole thing.  It’s nothing more than yet another commercially driven extravaganza just like Christmas and Easter.

Valentine’s Day has become just another excuse to spend money on junk that has no substantial value.  Spend your money instead on a few spontaneous meals now and then and a nice bottle of wine, or even better save up and have a nice holiday together.


St. Valentine's Day related sites

Anti Valentine
A site for single people everywhere who are sick to the teeth of all this mushy, commercialised cheap red and pink tack in the shops every year.

Anti Valentine’s Day gifts
Well, not everyone is having a great day. Great stuff to send to your ex.

Single on Valentine’s Day – a survival guide
Some excellent tips and advice for single people to help them survive lovers and couples day.


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There is a tavern in the town, in the town,
And there my dear love sits him down, sits him down,
And drinks his wine 'mid laughter free,
And never, never thinks of me.

Chorus:
Fare thee well, for I must leave thee,
Do not let the parting grieve thee,
And remember that the best of friends must part, must part
Adieu, adieu, kind friends adieu, adieu, adieu,
I can no longer stay with you, stay with you,
I'll hang my harp on a weeping willow tree,
And may the world go well with thee.
*Burgher Ovv  08-Jan-2010 12:53

 
Aussie , I am not critisizing you but you need to look at what seems to be a pattern of the same things happening perhaps you should move a little nearer to were your partner is so that you can spend more time together I do not suggest that you should be joined at the hip but as they felt comfortable enough to do what they did suggests that you are not home a lot and are so predictable that they felt sure you would not come back , have faith in yourself and confidence and break the predictability mould go for a different type of person next time looks are not everything.
*GM  08-Jan-2010 10:52

 
Found a great site to go to for Valentines Day, all kinds of gifts, check out this website, desertman09.com
*llhwyman06  05-Jan-2010 21:11

 
Heyho, You shouldn't pick a wife based on well she can scrub the kitchen floor or vacuum the dining room carpet in record time! That has been the constant stereotype of the wife, to clean the house thoroughly spick and span, while the husband goes off to work earning the family's moolah. Don't think like that! Even though it seems traditional and stereotypical, you shouldn't EXPECT that out of your wife. A girl should NOT grow up to live as a housewife. Don't let that be your dream and especially don't do that while you watch your husband grab hold of his. That, most assuredly, gives you little satisfaction, accomplishment, triumph, or passion. What is the point of living then if you don't have that? What is the point of even having a social life, meeting new people, or falling in love if almost nothing interests you? Being a housewife, isn't that much of an exhilirating profession.
*Yes. I know. I am a man.  06-Jun-2009 21:07

 
Wow.. Aussie, that's some life story that and I thought I'd had it bad in the past. Guess I've been lucky as hell compared to you.

Hang in there. Most women are SNAKES, yes that's right... you're all SNAKES! But there's the odd one or two out there that are human enough to hold a civilized relationship with. My only gripe is this, haven't found one yet that knows how to clean anything or be house proud. What happened to that, was it complete role reversal time or something?
*Heyho  15-Jan-2009 02:11

 
I really, really love Valentine's day. (please note sarcastic tone of voice) it holds such pleasant memories for me.
My (now) ex complained that I was going to be away working on Valentine's day. So I worked at a mad rate, finished up early and drove the 600 miles home just to be there for her. I arrived home with the flowers, and the champagne after a monster drive, to find her enthusiastically humping a (now ex) buddy of mine in my bed.
Terrific.
Fast forward the grieving period etc. (a few years)
Next partner, popped in early to her place on Valentine's day with flowers, bakery treats, champagne, strawberries, the whole bit to find her boinking some backpacker she met at the pub the previous evening. Fantastic.
Left the relationship thing for a long time as I was feeling a little shell shocked.
Fast forward a few years.
Met a girl, all was serious, we had a child, We weren't living together, (her choice) I popped over on Valentine's day with the works, and a colouring book for the lad, and I found SHE HAD MOVED HOUSE!! leaving no forwarding address phone number, anything!. She had met someone online, and gone to live with him. I'm not a drinker, gambler, fighter, weirdo. I did all the right things, I was there when she called, I gave her money on demand, I did her maintenance etc, I put in.
I haven't seen my boy for two years.
I will never, ever get involved again. It's too dangerous in every respect.
too much pain.
I think about my boy every day. EVERY DAY.
I cannot bring myself to trust a female in any way, and actively do my best to avoid them as much as possible.
You can stick Valentine's day.
*Aussie  04-Oct-2008 07:02

 
I am really looking forward to it like I do every year. My wife will be in her usual spot in front of the 'telly' and I will be on the PC with twenty smokes and twelve Stella. Happy Valentines day love!
*Northern Lad  27-Feb-2008 10:10

 
Next Sunday? You all know what the day is, don't you?

Step-Mother's Day
*Timeless  27-Feb-2008 07:10

 
Goofed again? Forgot to send your love a Valentine's card in time. Send her instead a

St. Valentine's + 1 card on the 15th Feb

Dear Valentine,

This is a "sorry I forgot to remind you to take your anti-depressant pills yesterday" card

Your dearest and closest.
*Pillau Talk  27-Feb-2008 07:08

 
end the conspiracy to make single people feel lonely.
visit http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=8997703687 and join in the anti fun
*Graham  14-Jan-2008 22:43

 
St. Valentine should be made the patron saint of divorces. More relationships than ever are breaking down. Perhaps it all stems from all the promises that one cannot possibly keep, that one made on one sunny St Valentine's day.

All the investement you have to make: expensive cards, a bigger bunch of flowers than ever before, a dinner twice the price of a normal one, chocolates etc. etc.. Where is this investment all going to? Answer Mother's day! You can't out of it you see.
*It doesn't work  17-Feb-2007 09:33

 
It's bollo etc. At least Christmas is: a holiday, a time for families to get together, and the children like it. Valentines is a rip-off. If you're in love with someone don't you want to show it when you feel like, not on some day invented to all intents and purposes by greeting cards companies. And why are women especially taken in by it so much?
*Chris  17-Feb-2007 09:08


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