St. Valentine: Sinner or Saint?

I'm not going to pretend to know anything about the origins or the history of Valentine's Day or St. Valentine, because as most of you know, I'm usually fulla shit. Or at least I sound like it. Anyway, a few years ago, a friend of mine gave me a card for Valentine's Day. It was on really nice paper that was textured and colored red on one side, and white on the other. She had folded it into a card, and on the exposed side, she wrote "Happy Singles Awareness Day!" She knew that I understood, and she was suddenly single and unhappy about it. Now, I honestly believe that Sweetest Day is a Hallmark holiday, but you can't hide from Valentine's Day. It's everywhere, florist advertisements, special vacation deals, red fucking lights and decorations everywhere. For most of us, Valentine's Day is really all about "Singles Awareness Day." This is the day that you're reminded of how single you really are. For some, it's no big deal, they are almost always in a relationship, and if they aren't on February 14th, they probably will be soon enough. But what about the rest of us: the freaks, nerds, and romantics who seem to always lose? I'm not asking for pity here, but really, it seems like a trend. Some people just have a hard time with relationships, or getting into them. It's like you can see the future, but you can't do a damned thing to make it happen any sooner than it's 'supposed' to happen. Then again, maybe that's bullshit, and we all just want we can't have when we want it (you just have to wait). That's probably closer to the truth.