Today is the day. The one day I was determined to stay the hell off the internet because frankly, I didn’t want to see all the Tweets, posts, and Facebook status about how wonderful today is. The problem? I have reviews and guest posts popping up all over the place so I HAVE to be online pimping myself out. What better way to celebrate Valentine’s Day than to announce to the entire internet “I can’t keep a boyfriend, I don’t have a date, but I can write a review about K-Y Personal Lubricant. I mean who has more experience than me????”
Since I am forced to be online today, I can at least write about how I am celebrating Valentine’s day. Which is to say? I’m not.
The Law of Physics states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. The Principal of The Charmed Ones, says that for all the good in the world, there is an equal amount of Evil. The theory of meeting Prince Charming says you have to kiss a lot of toads. Ok, not quite the same, but you get my drift.
Mademoiselle Hautemess has come up with a great Holiday for all of us who have been unceremoniously dumped on our ass with a 7 word text the day after Christmas. No I’m not bitter are a bit jaded by the whole idea of love, to celebrate that offsets the hearts and rainbows and unicorns and love and kisses and moopy schmoopy bullshit that all you love invested people are trying to spread around the place.
Her Holiday?
With this holiday you round up all your friends who are just as jaded, or who like to drink, and have them bring all their emails, cards, love letters, shirts, symbolic trinkets of past loves, people/places/memories/traditions from love gone wrong and offer it all up as a sacrifice by throwing it into a fire. Sort of like Monica, Phoebe, and Rachel celebrated Valentine’s Day in Season One. Then you stand around singing Kum-Bye-Ya. Or Leave! Get Out! by JoJo. Whatever works for you.
So, after reading about this awesome celebration I gathered up all photos, printed all emails, gathered all cards, notes, tickets, memories, hopes, dreams and plans for the future and set out to the field behind my house.
Yeah, I feel much better now. Happy Suck It! to all my single/jaded/drunk friends. Happy Valentine’s Day to the rest of you.
Yes, but how do you REALLY feel? (smile) It’s just a day….a holiday created by retailers. This too shall pass.
Allie
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Becky Reply:
February 15th, 2011 at 9:07 am
@Allie,
I don’t begrudge anyone their Valentine. Last year? He bought me a gorgeous ruby/diamond ring. I just can’t bring myself to wear it right now.
And I? Got through the day just fine.
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LOVE LOVE LOVE this!
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Becky Reply:
February 15th, 2011 at 9:15 am
@Keva,
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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*sorry to comment twice, touchscreen is disobedient* ….but I would love to have hung out with you today. U sumed up how I was feeling. Looking forward to reading more of your post.
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Becky Reply:
February 15th, 2011 at 9:16 am
@Keva,
Honey, you can comment as often as you want or as often as the touchscreen makes you.
I didn’t do anything exciting actually on Valentine’s Day. Went to work, wrote a bunch of pay checks, everyone loved me. But they’re only after the money. LOL
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LOVE this idea.
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Becky Reply:
February 15th, 2011 at 9:16 am
@Chibi Jeebs,
I didn’t come up with it, I stole it, but I made it my bitch.
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I love the idea of a SUCK IT! holiday!
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Becky Reply:
February 15th, 2011 at 9:17 am
@Midwest Lady,
I had several people celebrating Suck It with me. It was awesome.
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AWESOME! I love to see this holiday start to catch on. It is so much fun to also burn annoying pieces of pop culture, Like the cast of Jersey Shore. (although they probably already experience a burning sensation elsewhere!)
How did it go? What did you burn? This is so fun!!
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Becky Reply:
February 15th, 2011 at 9:19 am
@Mademoiselle Hautemess,
I didn’t burn anything technically b/c I live within city limits. But I went through all my things from the douche that dumped me the day after Christmas (we’d been together 4 years. I bought HIM a diamond ring! He dumped me in a text message!) and threw away all the cards/tickets/letters from him. Packed away the bling he gave me. Threw out the dead roses and shipped his shirts back to him. COD.
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