Today is just another day

So, today is Valentines Day but what does that exactly mean?

To most couples it is a special day where they go out and buy presents, cards and have a nice romantic meal to show how much they love eachother. For singletons it is one of the worst days of the year with many of them seeing it as just another day of them being single.

The fact that the shops now have special 'Valentines Sections' adds to the fact that February 14th is no longer a day to show how much you love someone but a day where the shops cash in on our soppy ways.

For me, it hasn't been anything other than "just another day" for quite a few years. I think about seven years in fact. This year I thought it was going to be different but fate had other ideas so it's a box of chocolates, a bottle of wine and a meal for one tonight for me while I sit in and watch a film. I'm thinking Saw.

Gone are the days when I used to write a card and put it in a girls draw at school or sneak it into their bags at breaktime in the cloakroom when they weren't looking.

I do have a Valentines card here but I am just about to put it in the bin. I don't even want to recycle it. I might just send it out to a random person because I am sure there are plenty like me that have not received a card today.

The one thing that I do not like about the whole Valentines Day idea is that it seems there has to be one day where a couple can show how much they love eachother. They say true love lasts a lifetime and if that is true then it should not just be February 14th when you cook for your other half or buy them flowers and presents. There is too much emphasis on the whole thing.

I might just be being really bitter about being single on Valentines Day but like I've said for the last seven years, maybe next year things will be different. Now then, where's that wine.