Valentine’s day: love the haters for their love of hating it
Posted on 12. Feb, 2010 by jessekg in Curiosities, Music
This is what I get when I google “I hate Valentine’s day.”
I can only assume it’s a straight to DVD disaster
What is the best way to celebrate the impending joy/sorrow that comes along with every Valentine’s day whenever you are part of a healthy, loving and happy relationship/suicidally single?
Before I answer that question, I need to apologize for the confusing first paragraph, but in all honesty, V-day must be one of the most depressing days for those single people whose sole mission in life is to just have someone other than their moms love them (we all know the type.)
I’m not talking about the hip, fun and sexy singles who make everyone in a relationship jealous, no. They go out on Valentine’s day and usually hook up with random strangers (perhaps even hooking up with the relationship wannabes who in turn think this might, you know, “be the one,” but when they ultimately get ditched the next morning for being too clingy – let’s face it, they always do- they go back to their moms who continue to tell them “no one deserves your love, sweetie”). For those fun singles, V-day is just another orgiastic saturday night, except with heart-themed bars and drinks, and the whole being able to prey on the reluctant singles with low self esteem.
Now back to those sad sack singles, who do things like start Valentine’s day is the worst day EVER facebook pages. The morning after V-day, after they’ve already been kicked out of bed from the one night stand with the fun single the night before and told that the relationship is just not going to work out, they likely go home and listen to some self-loathing, depressing break up music.
But here’s the thing - break up music is probably some of the best music ever written, so while they may be depressing to be around, dumpees and desperate singles make and listen to some good shit. Which goes back to answering my first question. The best way to celebrate V-day is to take pleasure in other people’s pain, and the music that pain inspires.
In fact, I love break up music so much that I just spent my entire Thursday morning listening to an excellent NPR podcast highlighting some of the best in this genre. And I’m not in the dumper, dumpee, fun single or depressing single categories. I’m in that “your relationship is so annoying because you are starting to look like your signifcant other, and if I hear either one of you use baby talk again I’m going smack you” camp (see image), which is a whole other blog post all together, and probably a good reason so many people hate Valentine’s day in the first place.
Anyways, I digress. Listen to the NPR podcast below, best for when you’re feeling lonely, depressed, have just been dumped, find yourself completely incompatible and the chances of you mating with anything is pretty much non-existent, or none of the above and you just want some nice, relaxing music to listen to while you go on with your perfect life.
