Part-post, part query.
I have always loved Valentine’s Day. Somehow I escaped the moping about “not having a guy,” and enjoyed spending time with girlfriends. I also welcome any excuse to hug people I know and love, and to wish someone a happy holiday. Oh, and it probably doesn’t hurt that I like conversation hearts – a lot.
Sydney, however, still maintains an aversion to the hullabaloo of holidays, much less holidays that, as he would say, “center around people making fools of themselves and not observing the difference between private and public activity.”
Still, Valentine’s Day also marks our year-and-six-months anniversary (hey, when you don’t have a lot of them, you count in small increments). And this year we’re taking time away from our “work week” to attend an early music concert on Thursday. Yes, I realize it’s not the right day, but it will have to be close enough. It’s an activity we both like, and one that won’t get Sydney nervous about “joining the fools.”
As you can see from our house, opinions vary on how to receive this holiday, perhaps more than any other. What are your feelings about Valentine’s Day? How are you celebrating?
Erin
Alan Schmierer
I was a bit torn about how to celebrate Valentine’s Day as well. Over the past… 4 or so years, my Valentine’s Days have gotten increasingly more ridiculous, ranging from Chinese takeout & a children’s movie with my dance partner to a “karaoke prom” last year.
Now, for the first time in about 6 yrs, I have a boyfriend on Valentine’s Day & I’m not really sure how to handle that. I was kind of torn between “going out & doing something romantic” since I hadn’t done that in ages, or “doing something silly & unromantic here, but with Matt”. He’s not big on commercial holidays, so I think we’re going to do a romantic at-home version of my previous Valentine’s ridiculousnesses. The current plan is to rent “Lady & the Tramp” & make spaghetti & meatballs. Yes, it’s cheesy. 🙂 Oh, and we’re waiting ’til Fri, if that makes you feel better. 🙂
Enjoy your concert! *hugs*
That sounds like an amazing evening – make sure those meatballs are nice and messy, just to keep the evening more silly than romantic 🙂
And yes, I know what you mean: it takes some getting used to when you do have a partner and you’re not quite used to it. I almost didn’t know what to do with Sydney when our first Valentine’s Day rolled around. So I took him to a concert 🙂 Notice a pattern? 🙂
Erin
I agree. Valentine’s day can be a bit….uncomfortable? I really like chocolate so Ryan usually tries to find some new and interesting chocolate, but other than that we’re not very “romantic”. I really think you and Syd will just have to figure what works for you and makes you both happy (which, yes, may make Sydney a little uncomfortable and make you maybe a little less romanticized).
I remember that concert. I think that was a good V-day option. It was a fun hot non-date for me – we played “find the couple on the first date” game & made up stories about everyone in the room.
You guys do concerts, we do movies. We all have our thing. 🙂