Dating Gripes: Ten Things We Hate About Valentine's Day
By Diana Vilibert for Marie Claire
Photo: iStockphoto.com/Stockphoto4u
Updated: May 22, 2009
1.
The Reservations. Single or coupled, if you didn't
make a reservation in January, your options for going out to dinner are
limited to the local fast food drive-through.
2.
The Greeting Cards. The hour of our lives we waste
every year in the greeting card aisle, looking for the perfect
one.
3. The Flower
Fund. The overnight tripling of the price of roses,
forcing your boyfriend to choose between getting you a bouquet of a
dozen or paying his cable bill that month.
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4.
The TV Schedule.
The 24/7 romantic comedy marathon on TV during the
month of February either makes you feel like a loser for being single
or makes you resent your boyfriend for not being John
Cusack.
The 24/7 romantic comedy marathon on TV during the
month of February either makes you feel like a loser for being single
or makes you resent your boyfriend for not being John
Cusack.
5.
The Relationship Conversation. If you've had anything
resembling a date in the past two months, it always prematurely
launches the "where is this going?" conversation.
6.
The Girls'-Night Cliche. If you're single and lucky
enough to have three close, single girlfriends, you can't go out in the
town with them without being a cliche.
7.
The Generic Gifts. We don't need another stuffed teddy
bear holding a heart or a cheap box of "guess the mystery filling"
chocolates, thanks.
8.
The Absent Cards. They don't make Valentine's Day
cards for friends-with-benefits or "I think I like you but it's too
soon to tell."
9. The
Bills. We just started paying off our credit card
bills from holiday shopping -- our bank statements can't handle another
gift.
10. The
Hearts. Those gross taste-like-sidewalk-chalk
conversation hearts.
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