The Anti-Valentine Thread

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In japan, today is the day where woman give men chocolate and small gifts, then in march a month layer, it's the guy's turn to buy chocolate and gifts for the girls.
 
AoBfrost said:
In japan, today is the day where woman give men chocolate and small gifts, then in march a month layer, it's the guy's turn to buy chocolate and gifts for the girls.

I'd rather celebrate that holiday. :eek:
 
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Still though, it's a holiday where one treats the other extra special, I think rather than doing that, every day with your special someone should be extra special, not just the holiday/valentines because everyone else is doing it.
 
lol

I agree with you AoB, if you have someone special, you should prove to them every day how much you care... not just one generic day were hallmark sales spike.
 
i havent posted anything in a long time (havent had much time on the computer), and it is 2 days after valentines day, but i felt compelled to input my thoughts here, as i do when i see anything remotely like this

i've heard of people (some of you included) who had people break up with you over the phone or aim or something, but have you ever been in a relationship where the relationship ended abruptly with no breakup and no explanation at all? twice? from the same person?

it sucks worse than anything

i'll keep it as short and simple as i can.
meet girl at 7th grade summer school, 2 days after summer school's over we're supposed to go to a movie, but she doesnt show up. due to extremely bad luck, i dont get home until 2-3 hours after the movie's over, and she called twice during that time. heard nothing from her until 9 months later (i could never stop thinking about her), when she called me out of nowhere to see how things were going. i was thrilled. we saw a few movies together and went to this all night thing at her friends church (this was a month after she first called me again). that was in late may ('07), and it's the last time i ever saw her. she just stopped calling me for no apparent reason. we seemed to be doing great, and i was in love with her, and now i still cannot stop thinking about her even though i'll probly never see her again.

ever since i realized it was happening all over again, that she just stopped contacting me for no apparent reason, i was never the same. i slowly lost almost every friend i ever had, my grades in school plummeted, i went into a deep depression that i still have not come out of, and no girls have shown any interest in me since then. having a girlfriend is probably the most important thing to me in my life (probably because of my terrible relationship with my mother), and valentines day is when i feel the worst because i walk the hallways at school with their gf/bf, wishing i still had what they have, and people giving eachother gifts and whatnot to their friends and gf/bf's, but i dont get ****. everyone else i know has friends that get them different things and people giving out stuff but i dont get jack **** because nobody gives a damn about me. that's why i hate pretty much any holiday.

on halloween, everybody has a party or something to go to and they go and have a jolly old time, but i'm stuck at home with nothing because no one wants to do anything with me. around christmas, all my "friends" get eachother gifts (lots of them get eachother shoes and t-shirts and ****) but i dont get a damn thing. most wonderful time of the year my ass.

while holidays make everyone else all happy and ****, all they do for me is serve as a reminder that no matter what i do nobody gives a **** about me and nobody ever will.




and so ends my rant. thanks for listening.
 
cheezeheadiii, you met this girl in year 7? that's a bit young to be finding someone you 'love'. no offence meant, but when you're that young its best not to be looking for a really meaningful relationship, i think its like 98 percent of high school relationships last out of high school. i know what its like to have a girl friend when you're young (I'm only 16. year 11 in australia) I've only found its a distraction. If all you think about is women you're grades will go down, you will get depressed if they reject you. Its best to just put it out of your mind, concentrate on going ok in school, so you can get a good job and laugh in the faces of those 'jocks' who got all the chicks in school but dropped out at year 9 or 10, have a crummy job, and will never do anything with there lives.


what i've had to do on valentines day for the past 4 years:
i go to boarding school, and as most people would guess we have some weird and wacky traditions, every valentines day the following happens:


we have to get up at about 6 am (normally wake up is 7:30) and not just woken up, the year 12's come running through throwing water on us, jumping on us ect..
Then we have to change into our blazer, tie, school shoes and boxes (and ONLY these)
we then go into the common room get the name of a girl in our sister house, and get given a rose we have to give to them later on.
we then generally go around doing war cries (running into other houses com's and yelling a bunch of crap in latin)
after that, we go into the dining hall, sit down, and then each house goes up on stage and sings a song to there sister/brother house (its always a really bad sappy song, i wanted to do hard like heroic the parody by Nyhm but no-one listens to the geek)
after our song we have to go find the girl who we got a rose to give to them and guess what! give the rose to them and kiss them on the cheek.
now this doesn't sound so bad, but there are a lot of boarders, at least 50 in each house (5 houses) so if you get a girl you don't know your out there looking like an idiot while everyone else is hugging and kissing!
thankfully i had girls i knew this year, but i would much prefered have the extra sleep than go through all that crap.

its late, and theres probally tonnes of spelling mistakes, but i hate this tradition....
 
p0rtalman said:
cheezeheadiii, you met this girl in year 7? that's a bit young to be finding someone you 'love'. no offence meant, but when you're that young its best not to be looking for a really meaningful relationship, i think its like 98 percent of high school relationships last out of high school. i know what its like to have a girl friend when you're young (I'm only 16. year 11 in australia) I've only found its a distraction. If all you think about is women you're grades will go down, you will get depressed if they reject you. Its best to just put it out of your mind, concentrate on going ok in school, so you can get a good job and laugh in the faces of those 'jocks' who got all the chicks in school but dropped out at year 9 or 10, have a crummy job, and will never do anything with there lives.

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I definately agree with Portal there. Grade Seven is waaay too early to commit yourself to finding love, and a long-term relationship. Hell, to be perfectly honest I didn't have my first real relationship until I was in high school, and I was almost half way through it (Grade Ten).

Back then, I tried asking a lot of girls out (there were so many I ended up losing count, LOL), and in most cases was rejected outright. For a time, I found thier hypocrisy downright annoying; I'd hear these girls talking to thier friends about the kind of guy they'd like to be with, I'd think to myself "Hey, I have a lot of those qualities", after getting to know them a little better I'd ask them out, but they always fed me the "I like you, but only as a friend" or "As much as I want my man to be strong emotionally and mentally, I also like him to be strong physically" line (I was kinda scrawny back in high school).

It just dumbfounded me how they would go on and on about thier "ideal" boyfriend, which I seemed to match in many respects, and yet when it was presented to them they'd go back on thier word and turn away from it. Then again, to be fair, just as I didn't really know what I wanted in relationships back then, they probably didn't either.

And the whole rejection thing? Yeah, don't fall prey to it. I'll admit that, at first, having those girls turn me down kinda got me feeling a little depressed and lonely, but after a while I kinda got used to it. It got to the point where I could just brush it off with no ill effects. I'd ask a girl out, she'd say "No", I'd shrug it off and leave it at that. Didn't phase me at all after that.

Now, when I ask a girl out, if they say "No" it doesn't bother me in the slightest. Either it works out, or it doesn't. No skin off my nose if it doesn't. Look at it this way; the worst a girl can do is say "No", nothing more. In most cases it could be a girl you just met, so you don't really know anything about her anyway. It's not like you lose anything in that scenario, as you didn't know her to begin with.

You seriously have to develop a "thick skin" for that sort of thing. I mean, c'mon... just because a girl says "No" doesn't mean it's the end of the world. There are plenty of other girls out there, and chances are these girls you try asking out simply aren't worth your time.

Of course, there have been a few instances where I've taken the approach of getting to really know the girl first before asking her out, but as often happens I wait too long on that and by the time I do ask her out, we've gotten to the point of being good friends, and they don't want to possibly ruin our friendship due to dating. So, unfortunately that strategy sort of blows up in my face, LOL.

At this point I've gained much more experience and knowledge in relationships, they way they work and the kind of relationship I'd ideally like to have. Been single for over four years (my last long-term girlfriend, turned fiance, was my high school sweetheart), and you know what? It's not so bad. True, I occasionally miss having a "special someone" in my life, and all the "little things" that go with that, but at the same I enjoy having time to myself to do my own things.

One other thing I always like to remind myself of is, although I may not have a "special someone", I still have all of my good friends and family to keep me company. For that, I'm very grateful. So, I'm never really lonely. As the addage goes: [Boyfriends/girlfriends] may come and go, but friends and family last a life-time. You'll always have two-thirds of the equation, even if that one-third isn't present all the time.

You should try to look on the positive, and get yourself out this downspiral rut you're currently in. Things will get better, they always do. Just because you don't have a girlfriend doesn't mean your life's meaningless (as nice as it is to have a girlfriend, there are other equally important things in life). You should embrace this opportunity for perhaps some soul-searching, learn more about who you are and where you're headed, and reassert yourself socially, get yourself out there.

Try getting back in touch with those old friends, you'd be surprised how many of them would welcome hearing from you and would like to jump-start your old friendship with them. Make new friends, expand your social circle. It does no good to sit alone by yourself brooding over what is really a rather trivial matter.

Take it from one who knows with more experience in such things... :cool:

@ Portal: Dude, that's pretty darn funny. I can only imagine the insanity that is Valentine's Day at your school... :p lol
 
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yes yes i know this thread has been gone for five dys but hey, this is about hte bast place to put this. rember eirlier i said about the girl who was playing flirty eyes with me but I wasn’t sure because I couldn’t get a smile out of her and then I had to get off the bus but when I looked beck on the bus she gave me a big smile.
ok, theres a summed up part down the bottom so you can get the basic story without reading the entire thing. back to the story:

WELL, the next day I got the same bus in the hopes of seeing her again AND... No girl. Same the next day and the next and so on *insert James Blunt song here*.
I wasn’t too happy about how I handled the whole thing and was kicking myself that I didn’t ask her but then ide block the incoming kick with the "well I’m a shy person and I’ve NEVER done anything like that before", the kick would consider this for a second and then think "no, I was right" and continue on its merry was to my head. well having given up all hope and passed it off as a girl who just becoming desperate because its the day before valentines’ type thing I just carried on getting my bus at the normal time and what not. yesterday I was on a bus and there was a bit of a fruit loop (Irish phrase for nutcase) sitting beside me and I was getting a bit sick of ignoring her rants about how busy the traffic was (there was none) so I got off to get the next bus. I wandered over to the side of the busy bus shelter and started back into my book. But before I did I took a quick scan over the crowed at the stop. Someone was looking at me with a shocked look on their face.
It was her.
She was at the same stop as last time, wearing the same cloths as last week with her hair in the same way.
My mind instantly went "HOLY S**T" and left on one of its usual crisis tea breaks leaving me on my own like a fool. I looked back down into my book. I took a quick glance to see if she was still looking and she wasn’t. Damn.
The next bus came and she got on but just before she did she glanced over at me. No smile thoe. At his point I’m wondering if I’m coming across as a bit of a creepy stalker who won’t get the point and bugger off but because my mind wasn’t there to tell me otherwise I got on the bus.
She went down the back and sat in the same place as last time. I, freaking out at this point, sat down a little closer to the front. I waited a bit and thought "screw this" and went down the back and sat on the seat across the bus from her. She noticed me but stayed staring out the window and I thought I saw a very slight hidden smile but I wasn’t sure.
She stayed staring out the window for what seemed like forever and then she looked over at me. I smiled *pause* she smiled and looked back out the window.
The feeling I had at this moment is a little hard to describe. I imagine it’s a bit like testing out a very rickety, home made, super sonic jet for the first time. A mixture of absolute terror, adrenaline, giddiness, happiness?, cold hands, and not knowing where to look and or what to do next.
Then a girl sat down besides her blocking our view of one another.
This girl's hair was HUGE!!!!! I don’t mean an afro or the like, she just looked like she had come straight out of the eighties to block our way and generally f my plans up. She was what we in Ireland call a ‘D4’ because of their area code but else where… think desperate house wife wanna be. This chick proceeded to chat very loudly on her phone about what someone told someone, like ohhh mygod, I couldn’t believe it. I’ve never really wanted to inflict violence on someone but this chick came very close to feeling my squirly wrath!
I hadn’t lost hope thoe. I had gotten a smile… I think, and things weren’t going bad, which by default meant they were going good… ish. I decided to wait for the D4 girl to bugger off which shouldn’t be too long, right?
Then woman sat beside me.
So, now that’s two people in the way and, possibly, one smile about 15 minutes ago without any attempt at eye contact since. Oddly enough the old lady who sat beside me somehow seemed to cop what was going on and moved to the seat in front of me the next chance she got. She smiled at me. That was nice. Anyway, the other girl, the D4 one, stayed there, on her phone repeating the phrases “oh my god, no way” and “ohh, I can’t believe it” at regular intervals interspersed with a surprisingly annoying laugh. She didn’t know it but we weren’t getting along.
Then we reached my stop. Severely doubting myself I stayed. The girl I was after shifted in her seat leaned over to her bag and glanced over at me to check if I was still there. No smile thoe. A bit worrying. She possible looked pizzed off. I thought to myself well, the only way this could get worse is if a suddenly let rip with a massive fart. I didn’t. Ok, still going good (well, by good I mean by my reasoning that it wasn’t going too bad so it must be good). Another stop passed and nether she or the D4 moved.

At this point I should probably tell you that my hands shake quite badly. Even more so when I’m nervous. And with my blood being pumped with adrenaline I imagine I had gone quite pale and wide eyed (think fear and loathing: “you too to much man. Took too much. Too much.”) I should also tell you that I have had two girlfriends, both of whom I’ve known for a bit beforehand and both I knew liked me before I asked them out.
She started to get up. It was ages before the next stop. She walked to the front of the bus and joined the people already standing. She looked beck over her shoulder. No smile. Possibly a “please god DON’T follow me”. Damnit.

We reached the stop. I had already decided to go and ask her no matter what so I went to get up. Quite disturbingly it appeared as if the entire bus had the same plans. EVERYONE else stood up at the same time and started to get off.

She was already off the bus and walking away. I was about half way down the bus trying not to hoosh the granny in front of me to get her to hurry up.

I made it off. I couldn’t see her. No wait, is tat her? It is! She was walking slowly towards some traffic lights. I’ve got long legs and I was catching up to her in no time. She was wandering near a crowd. Damnit. I felt too embarrassed to ask her in a crowd. Before I reached her she turned fully around and looked at me.

She smiled. Now what she did next is kind of hard to describe. She saw me. Smiled. Bowed her head forward and at the same time looked down. Then she looked up at me again with out raising her head. She twisted very slightly. Yea, you know what I mean. It’s a very girly thing to do. I walked straight up to her and said my well rehearsed line:

“Hi. *smile* I was wondering if I could take you out for tgchh, tea or a coffee” (yes, I messed it up)

“No

But you can have my number. *smile then apologetic face* I have to go to a dance class”

“Kewl, ok” *awkwardly fumbles for phone. Desperately try’s to unlock it. Almost drops it when handing it to her because I’m shaking*
*smiles wider and types in number* “em, I’m Rachel by the way”
*kicking self for not asking* “oh, yea, I’m David”
“Em, you can text me (?)” (Yes, said with a slight questioning in it)
“Kewl, I defiantly will.”

“Ok, I got to go. Ill see you later”

“Yea, see ya later”.

*wanders off not sure what happened*


HERES WHERE YOU STOP SCROLING PAST!!!!

So there ya go. i saw her again (eventualy and totaly by chance). I got her name. I got her number. And I’ve just texted her.

Oh and if you interested she’s got straight blonde/brown hair that goes a little past her shoulders. Thin-ish figure. Kind of an Indy style about her and she’s damn pretty.
 
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Go Squirl! You got some serious cajones :) That is awesome that you got a warm reaction.

(Good story too, I got all happy reading thru it haha).
 
Vexona said:
Go Squirl! You got some serious cajones :) That is awesome that you got a warm reaction.

(Good story too, I got all happy reading thru it haha).

Same here! I thoroughly enjoyed it, and am glad I chose to read through your post in its entirety rather than just the tail end. The summary's kinda short, and blah-ze. The full-blown narrative was much more engaging.

Way to go, buddy! I understand you're a rather shy fellow (believe me, so was I when I was younger), but I have to say I'm pleased to hear you went ahead and did it. As wierd as this is going to sound, from one guy to another, I'm proud of you.

I mean, so many people miss opportunities such as that simply because they're afraid of what the consequences could be. They don't really take into account any of the good possibilities, just the negative "but, what if?" scenarios.

I've done what you just did many times myself. Typically, it doesn't go anywhere (personally, I believe I'm to meet that "special someone" elsewhere, not here), but at least I can say I tried. I made the attempt, which is more than a lot of other people can say.

Now, obviously don't go planning your wedding with this girl or anything yet, LOL, but at least you've made the first step. And, from the sound of it, it's a step in the right direction.

Be sure to let us know how it goes after this, alright (ie. after text, tea/coffee meet)? :D
 
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thanks dudes and dudets (its a word, i sware)!!!! nearly had a heart attack there. two of my friends decided to text me around the time i told em i was guna text her just to wind me up. jelious buggers.:lol:

@Vexona: haha, glad you enjoyed it. :)

@Aeonyx: thanky-twaz stressful.

@SPARTAN II: thanks. im proud of me too. i stilll cant believe i acuialy did it. i dont think i would have done something like that three months ago.

heres a little update: she texted back and were meeting up this weekend. *dancey, dancey*
 
flying_squirl said:
heres a little update: she texted back and were meeting up this weekend. *dancey, dancey*


Woo Hoo, have a GREAT time!! :D
 
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flying_squirl said:
thanks dudes and dudets (its a word, i sware)!!!!

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SPARTAN II: thanks. im proud of me too. i stilll cant believe i acuialy did it. i dont think i would have done something like that three months ago.

heres a little update: she texted back and were meeting up this weekend. *dancey, dancey*

BOLD # 1: Not to nit-pick, but the correct spelling would be "dudettes". There's a couple extra letters in there. What can I say, I excelled at English back in high school, LOL.

BOLD # 2: I was like that back about, oh... ten years ago, LOL. As you become more comfortable with yourself as a person, you'll find it easier to introduce yourself to the opposite sex. Worked for me *wink*.

BOLD # 3: That's awesome news, my friend! Have fun! (y)
 
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hey! my name is rachel, but i dont live in ireland....

good luck FS! :D i would never be able to ask someone out.
 
Well, it's actually not as difficult or scary a prospect as one would think, Rachel. It gets easier with time, I find... ;)
 
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