The Big V Day

As you all know Valentine’s Day is approaching, the day of uprooted plant life, and sugar-saturated caffeinated fat blocks. Or, as some people call it, “RTGDBWADAL Day” (Reason To Get Drunk Because We Are Depressed And Lonely Day). My dad says it is the only day of the year that you can get your spouse chocolate or flowers to avoid the nagging that occurs every other day of the year. Alright, so maybe I am being a little down on the holiday. But what can I say? I am a teenage girl who just wants some flowers and chocolate from boy of the month that I crush on each year. Is that not every teenage girl’s dream?
In seventh grade was the first year that a boy had ever gotten me something on February 14^th. Jalen Jackson got me a stuffed red and white puppy, and gave it to me on the outside basketball court after school. I thought it was the most romantic thing I had ever gotten and I thought I would start looking forward to Valentine’s Day every year if this kept up. But of course, it did not. My 8^th grade year was just another year, but my freshman year, I had a boyfriend and we broke up the day before Valentine’s Day (what a cheapskate huh?). My sophomore year, my boyfriend and I broke up and got back together the week after Valentine’s Day (are you kidding me?).
After that year I became a junior, and guess who I had been talking to? The wonderful-first-Valentine’s-Day-boyfriend-I-ever-had… Jalen Jackson. We had been talking for a couple weeks and I knew I liked him, and I almost knew he liked me. I basically told him that I was going to get him some nice diamond earrings for V-Day because he had wanted some since he got his ears pierced. I got my hopes up for something sweet from him, and I ended up getting a bag of candy that his mom had given him that morning because he forgot it was Valentine’s Day (c’mon boys you are KILLING ME!!!). On the plus side, my ex-boyfriend sent me a dozen roses saying he was sorry.
I am not trying to hate on guys, so do not get offended. I just feel like Valentine’s Day is a day for people “in love”, which stinks if you are not “in love”.  But fortunately, this year I have one of my best friends that I do “love”. I would not mind if he did not get me anything because I am just happy I have him, but I am hoping this Valentine’s Day will be different! I am hoping to change my view on this holiday, because even though it is only a holiday you cannot go around hating the bad things in life. Especially something as simple as some smelly uprooted plants. Happy Valentine’s Day!