top ten reasons i don't celebrate valentine's day

10. It's yet another reason for Hallmark and friends to invent lame new love poems.

9. Cupid is an ugly creature.

8. And who ever thought shooting people with a bow and arrow was romantic?

7. I prefer to celebrate love EVERY day of the year, thank you very much.

6. What if I'm in a bad mood on February 14th?

5. Let's be honest; watching a bunch of lovebirds parade around town really DOES make people who don't have a significant other feel like crap. It just does.

4. It encourages superficiality. They're just buying flowers because society TELLS them they have to.

3. It's a scam! In case you haven't noticed, flowers don't cost that much the entire year. You're getting screwed!

2. Love is not about stuff. Or at least it shouldn't be.

And the number one reason I don't celebrate Valentine's Day:
1. I like gifts and gestures of love better on the other 364 days of the year! It's SO much better when I don't expect the love and get it anyway!

Huh, turns out I probably could have come up with MORE than ten reasons. Go figure :-)

Happy un-Valentine's Day.

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Addendum: My loving husband broke our agreement and got me a card on Valentine's Day. Ok, three cards. Two from him and one from the cats (yes, we're totally lame). He also got me a cd, but he says it's because he wanted it. How sweet! So on Valentine's morning, all snowed in (or shall I say all wintry mix-ed in?) and unable to drive, I dug out an old card from a drawer that I had bought him for Valentine's day a few years ago and never gave to him (this was before my ban on the "holiday," and it was one of those last minute cards when all the good ones were picked over, but then I found a better one). I signed it, added an "un" after the "Happy" and before the "Valentine's Day," just to make my point, and went online and bought the stainless steel coffee carafe he's been wanting. I then printed a picture of the carafe, wrote a note from the carafe to Ken, including a message that it would arrive in as long as it takes Amazon to get their Free Super Saver Shipping orders to Pennsylvania, and inserted it in the card. So much for standing up for principles and refusing to support corporate America for V-Day. I'm such a lightweight!