The dreaded VD

Another year, another February, another eagerly anticipated Valentines Day. ....Not.

When you are in a relationship Valentines Day is not a problem, in fact, it's quite an enjoyable day. There is no wondering will I or won't I get any cards, no fretting about how to make the day pass without having anything love-related shoved in your face and there is certainly no worry about who to spend it with.

However...

For many singletons across the globe this love fuelled day brings nothing but heartache and bitterness. We suffer enough as it is, seeing people walk down the road hand in hand or swooning over each other in bars. Wherever we turn it seems that love truly is all around us. So who's great idea was it to create a day where we get it rubbed in our faces just that little bit more?! Damn those Romans and their romantic gestures!

While many couples will be out enjoying three course dinners by candlelight and exchanging tokens of their love, I will be at home, alone. Tucking into my microwave meal for one and drowning my sorrows with a bottle of Pinot Grigio whilst tuning my attention to Bridget Jones and forgetting my own circumstances, even if just for a few hours. I'd like to hope that by the time the end credits are rolling across the screen I will be intoxicated enough to simply pass out and re-awaken on the 15th, successfully bypassing the whole day.

I realise that my general ramblings on Valentines and anything else love orientated sound a little bitter and some may even argue that I should embrace peoples public acts of affection. That I should enjoy that people out there are truly happy and in love... if you are one of those people then let me agree to disagree.

Valentine's Day is like herpes: just when you think its gone for good, it rears its ugly head once more. No wonder some people prefer to call it VD. I only hope it can pass as quickly as it came around... Yes - I am still talking about the day!

So Roll on February 14th, bring on that dreaded day and let us single guys and girls around the world unite. Tackle it head on, raise a glass and join me in toasting....

*Please note* I never said I had any issues with the tokens of appreication so anyone that wants to make me feel better by sending me flowers and gifts, please, feel free!