V-day
Giri chokoI hate this damn day
Salty, miffed, distressed, discombobulated, you pick the adjective. I hate V-day. Especially on the years when I'm single. In Japan tis the season of "giri choko." Literally translated, obligatory chocolate. Sure it's a little nice to get, I got 5 of them this year from friends, students, and coworkers. From just a lump of chocolate to homemade chocolate muffins made in mass for the tennis club. This year there was one especially that I was pleasantly surprised by. A student of mine actually bought me a cute little tin of chocolate from the Disney Store. And honestly I don't even remember her name or talk to her very often in school. I was a little touched that she spent her hard earned money to get me something. Now I'm not trying to seem like a ungrateful beeyotch or anything, I know all these people could have saved their effort and not give me anything. But over all, V-day still sucked. I just wish I had a real valentine you know?
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Actually, as I remember it, I was kidding around in class one day about how people throw panties on stage at rock stars and how I thought that would be kind of neat, so it was kind of an inside joke..
Ah, the good old days...
Mina: Six months!?! Holy crap. Can I last that long??
Making it to six months is not bad at all. After the third month, things do get better. The yearning stops and that's when you start thinking that being single is great. The key to making it to the third month is to keep busy so you don't end up sitting alone at home, thinking about how horrible singlehood is. Dammit, shouldn't you have learned this in high school?! LoL.
But that 3 month insight really does help. Now I have something to look forward to! Getting over that 3 month hump.
btw, I wasn't actually a prick to my female friends here, I just never called/asked them out cause my ex would get pissed. I just figured that those girls would understand cause I thought it was Japanese culture. I guess not. They all hate me now. Go figure.
Wow man, you're actually thinking about making it to three months?! =0
You don't have to be rude to your friends in order for them not to like you anymore. Just like any relationship, friendships need to be nurtured and all that touchy-feely stuff. I've learned that the hard way and am still working on that.
So your friends need more touchy-feely eh? I'm you friend right? I gotta admit I'm up for some too! ;)
Linda: Mina turned me on to this pretty interesting view of singledom as you call it. Seems a little like your 3 phases but seperated into 8 more detailed stages. Looks like I'm in stage 8, your phase 3, about to relapse into phase 1, even without "it."