Flowers Chocolates and Disapointment

Well happy V-day to all those single people out there. Yep I'm held up in my apartment watching sappy love movies drinking coffee but not because I'm hiding from all the gooey eyed couples out there but because it's just another Saturday and I'm happy being lazy.

I've been reflecting all morning on how I spent past Valentines' day when I was an other and honestly, I can't remember one that was particularly special. Last year, I worked late, wasn't feeling well and came home to go straight to bed. Although the next day, as I was frantically digging through my bag at work I found a little blue box with Tiffany's written across the top. Opened it and sure enough there was a pretty little necklace inside with a note "forgot to give this to you last night." It was the first special occasion I had decided not to do a gift or even a card because all the V-days and anniversaries before, I had done for him but he hadn't done for me. The necklace was nothing short of romantic, sure but ... too little too late? And the back story goes something like this; I had been pondering getting him a very big gift for V-day and told our mutual friends about it. Knowing that he typically falls short when it comes things like Valentines' day they let my plans slip. I don't know this for certain but I'm inclined to think that the necklace only came my way because he was expecting something big from me and not because he was moved to be romantic. Well, I ended up deciding to wait until his birthday to give him my gift so .... funny how life works out right?
So Valentines' has never really been a big deal for me as an other or a single girl but I would welcome a little romance. Maybe some flowers, dinner, a slow dance in the rain. But one night isn't a whole life time and it's much harder to keep a promise for life than it is to sweep a girl off her feet for one night. Unfortunately flowers wilt, dinners only last an hour and I haven't met a guy yet that would slow dance in the rain.