Even though I am single, I am not one of those bitter single women. I actually kind of like the holiday. Mainly because of the pretty colors (pink, white, red – who could ask for more bright and vibrant colors.) And the chocolate. Granted it does bum me out from time to time that I am single and that the only Valentine’s Day that I did celebrate with a boyfriend was rewarded with epic humiliation.
To be honest, I quite enjoy being single. However, one of these days I’ll have to hang up my slutty outfits and stop drinking excessively and actually embark on a meaningful relationship, but today is not that day. So until then, I will continue living wildly and enjoy the adventures that come my way.
Moment of reflection over…
So it’s that time of year again, when significant others fret over what to get their loved ones and the single people either cry alone watching movies or mock this holiday relentlessly. I am super glad I don’t have to buy anyone anything. Instead I will be joining up with my single girlfriends for booze, food and movies. Should be a good time. I will try not to hit the martinis too hard this year…
Happy VD.
-Love Alexis
Filed under: this and that | Tags: alexis, dating, france, valentines day
I have to admit I do enjoy a good romance from time to time. Since Valentine’s Day just passed I’d like to share a story of one of my favorite dates.
Living in Paris, the majestic city of lights, I dated a very lovely French man. I met him through my host family, in a very traditional set up. He was a gentleman, dark and handsome, and he spoke to me in both English and French.
One of my favorite dates with my French love was just plain classic.
I wish our love affair had ended like this.
We began the afternoon strolling through historic district of Le Marais, where he told me of his background, his aspirations and his studies. He then took me to this little studio near La Bastille where he volunteers helping children and we listened to poetry readings that some of the children wrote.
A short promenade along the Port de Plaisance de l’Arsenal and La Seine, we ended up at a sushi restaurant near Hotel de Ville. The restaurant on the top floor of the building overlooked Notre-Dame and La Seine, it was breathtaking.
Post sushi, mon amore and I walked along La Seine, seeing the beautiful city lights begin to gleam, we made our way to Le Tour Eiffel. We sat in the grass on the Champs de Mars and listened to musicians softly play their music while we watched as Le Tour Eiffel sparkled for ten minutes on the hour. It was out of a dream. Just wonderful.
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If this love affair could have lasted a life time, I would have been content. Sadly enough with our differing religious backgrounds, we could never actually date. But I will always mark this date down as one of the most classically romantic dates I’ve had.
I know that I am going to come off as a little cynical when I say I don’t like Valentine’s Day, but aside from the fact that I think Valentine’s Day is commercialized and impersonal, I had a very bad/entertaining experience that has hindered forever Valentine’s Day.
Clearly I don’t do relationships very well but back in the day when I tried the whole “boyfriend thing” I was a horrible girlfriend. I never did well with rules of dating or monogamy. Anyways, the first time I was in a relationship during Valentine’s Day I was away on vacation the week before, so I gave my boyfriend his gift a week early. I gave him this cute little white teddy bear that was holding a red heart in its hands that said “I love you.”
He must have found out that I had accidentally kissed a couple guys one drunken night a few weeks earlier…
Because he responded to my gift with a very affectionate public display of love. During class, he sent me a note ordering me outside to his truck to see the gift. He had tied my teddy bear to the front of his truck, slashed open the heart with a knife and then went mudding. A note on the dashboard said “this is what you did to my heart.”
Ooops.
I don’t do Valentine’s Day or relationships anymore.
-Alexis Patron
Filed under: this and that | Tags: anastasia, tiffany & co, valentines day
I don’t have a cute story about Valentine’s day like Alexis does, but I do have the experience of many Valentine’s Days spent with a boyfriend under my belt.
So I feel it my duty to remind the young ladies out there for one simple fact. Don’t waste your time buying him a cute teddy bear that he will pretend to like. Don’t spend your hard-earned money on a fancy dinner or dancing because he doesn’t want that.
Your boyfriend wants a blowjob for Valentine’s day, especially if he’s not getting them regularly. So suck it up (hehe) and do it.
And gentlemen, anything from Tiffany & Co. will be fabulous for your lady.
I’m going to go drink my face off.
-Anastasia Beam
