I'm lonely on Valentine's Day no less.. I don't know why I'm with my family.. I've got my computer.. no homework.. what the heck? Shouldn't I be happy?
Not pathetic, in love maybe? Regardless, it's easy for someone to feel lonely on this terrible day. Like you said before, it is single awareness day. Every valentines day since i started college I have spent away from the person I wish I could have spent it with except for this year...and the worst part was they didn't even know either time...so, I guess what I am trying to say is that it is okay to feel alone on this day. But that is when you go and make your own, wonderful day
Imagine a time and place long ago... lots of war, lots of death. The emperor or person in charge noticed that men who had wives/families were less likely to fight in the army. So he essentially declared a war on love: marriages were legally forbidden.
Saint Valentine was a priest/minister and was helping people to get married in secret.
Of course, he was caught, imprisoned and sentenced to death. The jailor's daughter took an interest in Valentine (but not necessarily a lovey-dovey interest). He supposedly cured her of blindness and deafness and wrote a letter to her the evening before his beheading.
So if you want to look at it that way, it really is a holiday honoring love. The possibility and endurance of love. Including families.
And as far as relationship stigma is concerned, I recommend a song: Jars of Clay: "Sunny Days" :-)
Not pathetic, in love maybe? Regardless, it's easy for someone to feel lonely on this terrible day. Like you said before, it is single awareness day. Every valentines day since i started college I have spent away from the person I wish I could have spent it with except for this year...and the worst part was they didn't even know either time...so, I guess what I am trying to say is that it is okay to feel alone on this day. But that is when you go and make your own, wonderful day
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ReplyDeleteImagine a time and place long ago... lots of war, lots of death. The emperor or person in charge noticed that men who had wives/families were less likely to fight in the army. So he essentially declared a war on love: marriages were legally forbidden.
Saint Valentine was a priest/minister and was helping people to get married in secret.
Of course, he was caught, imprisoned and sentenced to death.
The jailor's daughter took an interest in Valentine (but not necessarily a lovey-dovey interest). He supposedly cured her of blindness and deafness and wrote a letter to her the evening before his beheading.
So if you want to look at it that way, it really is a holiday honoring love. The possibility and endurance of love. Including families.
And as far as relationship stigma is concerned, I recommend a song: Jars of Clay: "Sunny Days" :-)