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Being single on Valentine??s Day is the stereotypical nightmare scenario. But in an environment where few romantic liaisons occur, the pressure’s off, and I was free to revel in the indulgences of this pointless holiday regardless of whether or not I was “attached.” Once I set that precedent, it was hard to go back into being a V-Day hater. Since then, I have spent Valentine??s Day with boyfriends and without boyfriends, and I think that spending it “alone?...
Recognizing that Valentine??s Day lends itself better to absurdity than romance has made me into a Valentine??s convert. Every Valentine??s Day can potentially turn sour, even if you’re with someone you care about. As a senior in high school, my boyfriend and I went out to a Mexican restaurant and were seated at the table next to his psychiatrist. Last year, my boyfriend at the time insisted we “do something special” for Valentine??s Day, and it wasn?...
...don’t believe that separating students by gender is the most effective way to prepare them for co-ed colleges. However, if there is something I appreciate about my time at an all-girls school, it is the philosophy that manifests itself in my unusual Valentine??s neutrality. Depending on someone else to determine your enjoyment of something is fruitless. Let’s be serious: Valentine??s Day has kind of screwed itself over. Paper cards, stale candy, and the cheapest flower that money can buy: it’s inherently kind...
...Emma M. Lind ’09 is a History and Literature concentrator in Winthrop House. She moved the first Editorial Board comp meeting so that it would not fall on Valentine?...
...case Valentine??s Day has left you feeling down on love, cheer yourself up by stepping back and watching other couples bicker for a while—amuse yourself even further with the fact that they are puppets. Watch celebrated puppeteer Paul Vincent Davis perform “Battle of the Sexes” and other sketches at The Puppet Showplace, and revel in the amusement of failed puppet love...