Rather annoyed.

[deird_lj]

I feel an urgent need for angry chick music.

The thing I hate about Valentine's Day? The radio.
Not only does every single song have to be a sappy love song - thus taking away three quarters of the truly fun songs - but the radio people actually try to remember that, yes, some of their listeners might actually be single.

Which means you end up getting all these between-song comments from the radio announcers, such as:
And to all those single women out there, good luck! We hope you find someone.

Or:
For all you listeners who aren't in relationships, you should go out and enjoy Valentine's Day too. Who knows? Maybe you'll meet someone tonight!

Grrr...

Look, silly radio people: I like romance. I think it's fun. And sweet. And romantic. Go romance!
But that does not mean I am desperate to be in a relationship and weeping into my pillow every night over my tragic lack of a significant other.

Truthfully? I like being single. It has its good side. And as much as you think you're incredibly lucky, I don't spend my entire life horribly upset that I'm not Just Like You.

Please to be not treating me like a social leper who needs to be reassured that there's a bright side to my pathetic lovelorn existence? Thanks.



tl;dr - Go die in a fire, stupid radio people. I'm going to go listen to angry breakup music instead.



ETA: It has just been brought to my attention that my final sentence, while fairly standard internet angry-speech, is possibly not appropriate given the current bushfire situation. *facepalm*
My apologies.

Comments

[http://users.livejournal.com/woman_of_/]

Yep I get annoyed about that as well! I'm happy being single thank you very much!

What makes me even more angry is that they assume that "girls" are the ones desprate for a "man". Just not true. We can be happy on our own, thank you very much!

[deird1]

Absolutely!

And singleness is fun...

[nwhepcat.livejournal.com]

I was reading an advice column in a borrowed newspaper, and the first letter was all about "I'm spending Valentine's Day alone ... again." I thought "Boo fucking hoo." I haven't been in a relationship for a long time, but I had a nice val day shopping with a friend. Take that, Hallmark!

[deird1]

*nods*

I can't believe the sheer number of people who seem to be incapable of enjoying themselves while single...

[cynicalshadows.livejournal.com]

This is why I watch gorey slasher flicks on Valentine's Day, whether I'm single or taken. I just don't like the fact that you are expected to be romantic on February 14th.

[deird1]

Hee! Good for you!

[taiba.livejournal.com]

The only thing I've ever actually done ON Valentine's day (aside from when I was away for the entire week that it happened to fall in) was coffee with my partner last year, and that was more because it happened to be 3months since we got together.

This year it went by pretty much unnoticed, except that we happened to be away for the weekend with a group of people (and I bought a cupcake from an independent bakery/milk bar/local country store thing to share), so I also blow raspberries at hallmark :-p

[deird1]

Silly hallmark...

[sarian71]

Let me just say 'OMG! Word!' to everything you said. From the bottom of my single heart!

[deird1]

Woo! *highfives*

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

Good job I was only listening to the radio for the News Quiz and the football results - I have a husband of many years standing (and sitting,and lying down...), and I get fed up with such comments too.

Fortunately Valentine's Day is not seen as all that major right here - give a card, maybe a small box of chocolates or, as last year, realise it is 5pm on the 14th of Feb and you'd both forgotten the date!

[deird1]

Heh. I'm pretty bad at remembering stuff, so I'm sure I'd probably forget the date at least every second year...

[ozwiccagal.livejournal.com]

trust me even if you have someone this does not guarentee you a lonely free v-day so if you are happy as you are then do that, not that i was in that first category this year, but i have been.

[deird1]

*nods*

And really, it's perfectly possible to have an exciting non-lonely V-day if you find other single people to hang out with...

[lavastar.livejournal.com]

I find it rather annoying that most of society thinks that single = unhappy. Or, if not unhappy, then it's your goal to get in a relationship with someone. There are plenty of people who either sometimes enjoy relationships but don't want one right now, or simply aren't searching for one, or are *gasp* asexual & aromantic.

Like you said, I'm a total fan of love, but I really don't want a girlfriend right now. And I'm not upset at all by that.

The way I solve your prob? Not listening to the radio. ^-^

[deird1]

I find it rather annoying that most of society thinks that single = unhappy.

Oh, so much. I'm so insanely sick of that.

In fact, I reckon that mindset actually gets a lot of people into unhealthy relationships (because they're desperate not to be single) - and makes them unhappy...

Go singleness!

[immer-am-lesen.livejournal.com]

Heh- I forgot all about it, until my sis asked me if I wasn't going to call husband and wish him a happy V-Day...
I mumbled something about "I'll do it tonight", and did indeed call that night and wish him a happy one. He wished me the same. How very romantic.