Im not sure what to think as ive never been in love or had friends, im only 20 and this it somewhat uncommon i think?

Ive been lonely my whole life and valetimes day is just another cruel reminder.

What do you think of this holiday?

  • chunes@lemmy.world
    241·
    9 days ago

    It’s a fake holiday created by corporations to sell people things they don’t need.

    • Kristell@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lol
      6·
      8 days ago

      Ehh, it’s a Christian holiday that got commercialized to sell shit. Much like with Christmas (though that has roots in… Just about every religion that came before it, and early Christians didn’t celebrate birthdays anyway). AFAIK Valentine’s day is an original Christian holiday to commemorate St. Valentino.

  • Screen_Shatter@lemmy.world
    10·
    9 days ago

    Spent most of my 20s single and lonely. I typically would get fed up seeing all the ads and hearts and stuff, felt like it was getting rubbed in my face. Started using it as an excuse to go hang with my other single friends and grab some drinks for “anti-V day”. We didnt really sit around and hate on it, just would hang out like any other night. All in all it was a great solution, it didnt solve me being single but it wasnt lonely and we would all have fun.

    Eventually I met someone good for me. Been together awhile now, and the funny thing is Vday has less meaning than ever. We do things for each other throughout the year because we want to. Going out for a nice dinner on Valentine’s actually sucks, so I usually just cook something decent and we chill on the couch. If we do decide to go out we do it two weeks before or after when its actually calm in a restaurant. Thats about it.

  • LordMayor@piefed.socialEnglish
    9·
    9 days ago

    There are happily married people that don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day. It’s a Hallmark holiday—i.e. it was invented by a greeting card company. Its only meaning is the one you give it. Why give it the power to make you feel bad?

    • abbadon420@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      9 days ago

      Maried for 12 years. Don’t recognize the existence of valentines day.

      It only has three purposes:

      • Corporations can pressure you into spending money you don’t want to spend om stuff nobody wants to have.
      • Make lonely people feel sad and guilty about feeling lonely.
      • Justify the existence of “romcom” as a movie genre.
  • cRazi_man@europe.pub
    9·
    9 days ago

    Im not sure what to think as ive never been in love or had friends, im only 20 and this it somewhat uncommon i think?

    That’s not uncommon. It’s not good if you’re not happy with your situation. Good luck and hope that gets better.

    Valentines day is pushed in everyone’s face because it’s ultra-commercialised and there’s money to be made. “Buy her diamonds this Valentines day”… WTF. It’s overhyped. People can celebrate as they like. People can ignore it as they please.

  • susi7802@sopuli.xyz
    6·
    9 days ago

    What’s in a day? Eg Christmas is just another day, go for walk, enjoy yourself read a book.

  • Ascend910@lemmy.mlEnglish
    61·
    8 days ago

    The day is one which the bourgeois class used to capitalise on basic human emotions, I have no interest in it

  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    51·
    9 days ago

    1. ValentiNes

    2. Use punctuation and capitalization if you want people to read your scrawl

  • bricked@feddit.org
    4·
    9 days ago

    Don’t worry about it, this holiday isn’t for everyone. I simply spent it with some singles I know. And tomorrow is the Singles Awareness Day for the rest of us :D

  • Send Pics of Sandwiches@sh.itjust.works
    3·
    7 days ago

    I saw a ton of people getting pulled over on the highway (because for some reason holidays where I live seem to require more speed traps) and I went “oh yeah that’s today”. Which was basically all the thought I gave it lol.

    Also for the love of god it’s Valentine’s Day