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Valentine’s Day: Disaster Stories

Valentine’s day is a holiday that everyone and their mother has a strong opinion on. Some people absolutely love the flowers, chocolate and romance. While others despise the commercial rip off and the unrealistic expectations of partners. I’ve always thought the sweet gestures and romantic stories were really great reminders for lovebirds. I think everyone could lighten up a bit and enjoy the day for what it is — a showcase of love.

In the spirit of the great St. Valentine’s Day, I have found some good ‘Valentine’s Day gone wrong’ stories on the web to share with you all. I hope you get a chuckle out of these like I did! 

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This can’t be happening.

Ex Hits the Spot — After secretly dating two guys (Dan and Joe) for a few months, I told Joe I didn’t want a relationship, so that I could get serious with Dan. On Valentine’s Day, Dan took me out to dinner, and I almost choked on my drink when our waiter arrived. It was Joe! To make matters worse, Dan ordered a dish with béchamel sauce, which he loved. He gushed to the waiter, a.k.a. my ex, “If she could cook like this I’d marry her.” I wanted to die.

Oh no he di'int.

Oh no he di’int.

Good Morning —Valentine’s Day, I called my boyfriend at college to see if he got my flowers and another woman answered the phone — at 8 am.

Awkward...

Awkward…

It’s not in the cards — In my group of friends, there was a guy I really liked, and we’d become pretty good buddies. Valentine’s Day was coming up, and neither of us was dating anyone. I was so excited when he knocked on my door holding an adorable, homemade Valentine card. He even glued macaroni noodles onto it, like kids do in grade school. He showed it to me, and I was about to say thank you and give him a hug when he said, ‘Do you think Kate will like it?’ Kate was a mutual friend of ours whom he had a crush on. I somehow kept my composure until he left, at which point I wallowed in my worst Valentine’s Day ever.

This is mortifying.

Well this is mortifying.

My bloody Valentine — I took a girl out on Valentine’s Day after we’d been dating for a few weeks. The date went really well and, when we came home, we started kissing on her porch. She pulled away because she said she felt something on her face. When I opened my eyes, I saw that she had blood running down her cheeks. I’ve always had a problem with bloody noses, and I’d gotten one when we were kissing! She acted like it was no big deal, but I never heard from her again, and I guess I don’t entirely blame her.

Hot topic: cheating

I want to start off by saying the intention of this post is not to be judgmental of someone who is cheating on their significant other but rather, to try and offer an alternative option. As a female in her mid-twenties, I am consumed by relationship issues ranging from trust to finding a healthy balance between life and love. Having been single and dating here and there for several years now; I worry about a lot of things when it comes to a partner. One thing I really really would rather not worry about is cheating

I mean — C’MON! If we go through all of this crap to finally commit and retire our über fun single lives, then why cheat?

That seems like a pretty easy question, right? Wrong. In just my circle of friends alone, cheating has caught on like wild fire since our highschool days, where going to lunch with another guy was considered “cheating”. Now, I’ve been trying to understand why someone would choose to cheat on their significant other when there is the very simple option of just being single. If you want to have your pick of people to frolic with, why can’t you give yourself time to develop the desire to be with just one person?

You can’t tell me something incredibly stupid like “it’s not that simple”. You know why? Because that’s complete and utter bullshitIf I have commitment issues, daddy issues or trust issues, it still doesn’t give me the right to cheat on someone. Yes, it may be difficult to step away from a potentially tempting situation but nonetheless doable.

I can definitely understand that sometimes, being young and foolish can get us into a bit of heat with our moral compass. However, I think as young adults who are making smart and respectful decisions in other parts of our lives — we should consider making better choices when it comes to our love life.

My advice for those who are cheating on their boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife is simple: stay faithful or stay single.