St. Valentine's Day

[pegkerr]

Wow.

There seems to be an absolute storm of entries regarding Valentine's Day on my friends list, ranging from a lot (a lot) of people who absolutely despise it and want to lob a nuclear bomb at anyone who wants to wish them love or happiness on this day or dares to offer them chocolate, to those who have have turned their journals pink today and are sprinkling hearts and confetti everywhere. (Except heidi8, of course, who turned her journal pink five years ago, and never turned it back). Geez, lighten up everybody, all right?

Anyway, I had a good time with Valentine's Day with my family: cards, candy, special breakfast table set with heart-shaped plates. Try not to have apoplexy over this humble fact. At any rate, I want to draw attention to misia's excellent and practical suggestion that really, if you want to honor St. Valentine's day, you can do it by making a donation to Scarleteen, a sex education site for teenagers and young adults, which aside from all its other strengths is GLBT inclusive. See misia's post about it here.

And folks, let's tone down the froth-flecked railing against Valentines and chocolate and those who enjoy them (or dare to wish that you enjoy them, too) a teensy bit, okay? (Well, what I mean is, you can rage against St. Valentine's Day in your own journals if you like--as I always tell kijjohnson, "You can make different decisions than I do"--but not in my journal, if you please.) I mean, c'mon . . . it may not be your cup of tea, but no one is trying to shove bamboo slivers under your finger nails, right?

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Valentine's Day

[markiv1111.livejournal.com]

For Louie and me, everything is cause for celebration, but the biggest one is our wedding anniversary (5 years this May 30th). We're probably going to do something little but meaningful tonight, but at 4:30 p.m. still haven't decided what -- maybe just a little trip out to dinner. I used to send a few different woman friends Valentines to let them know that I was thinking of them, but that was a *long* time ago. I think a tasteful celebration (with a simple card or a heartfelt written statement) couldn't possibly be out of place, and have no problems with these.

Nate B.