Coworker: "So what did your guy get you for valentines day?"
Me: "Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero."
Coworker: "What?!?"
Me: "Yep."
Coworker (laughing): "Is he still breathing?"
Me (laughing back): Last I checked."
Coworker: "Well, what did you get him?"
Me: "Exactly the same thing."
Coworker: "You two are weird."
Me (shrugging): "i was given a choice when we started dating - a big deal on valentine's day, or just-because stuff throughout the year. I chose the latter."
Coworker: "Well you're both still weird."
Sigh. And therein lies my issue with valentine's day..
1) I hate feeling like I have to do something, and or that someone has to do something for me. Even more so because commercials guilt me into thinking I have to,
2) The fact that I'm thought weird just because I'm not buying into what has turned into a corporate driven consumer event (IMHO), is well, weird.
and 3) I'd rather know my beloved was thinking of me throughout the year, not on one day because every media was screaming at him, reminding him.
Of course that could be because I'm weird.
And as jaded and "weird" as I am, I was still profoundly moved by this. Nine words, said in innocence....I am disarmed.
Me: "Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zilch. Zero."
Coworker: "What?!?"
Me: "Yep."
Coworker (laughing): "Is he still breathing?"
Me (laughing back): Last I checked."
Coworker: "Well, what did you get him?"
Me: "Exactly the same thing."
Coworker: "You two are weird."
Me (shrugging): "i was given a choice when we started dating - a big deal on valentine's day, or just-because stuff throughout the year. I chose the latter."
Coworker: "Well you're both still weird."
Sigh. And therein lies my issue with valentine's day..
1) I hate feeling like I have to do something, and or that someone has to do something for me. Even more so because commercials guilt me into thinking I have to,
2) The fact that I'm thought weird just because I'm not buying into what has turned into a corporate driven consumer event (IMHO), is well, weird.
and 3) I'd rather know my beloved was thinking of me throughout the year, not on one day because every media was screaming at him, reminding him.
Of course that could be because I'm weird.
And as jaded and "weird" as I am, I was still profoundly moved by this. Nine words, said in innocence....I am disarmed.
You wouldn't be hanging out with us if you were "normal", Kid.
I'll take "weird" (especially with regards to the Valentines Day vs all year! SHEESH!) any day!
I am not used to a VD conversation without the words "unprotected" or "multiple partners." I'm glad you didn't catch anything nasty on lover's day.
I completley agree with the approach of doing throughout the year and not concentrating so much on 2/14.
Weird is good.