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Valentine's Day Redux, Redux
Today's column features some lucky couples and one ungrateful woman.
SAMANTHA: My husband and I celebrate Valentine's Day, but nothing over the top. If I were to let him out of it, he'd stop in a heartbeat. If I had my way, we'd celebrate more. But …Read more.
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A Valentine's Day LamentIf you've ever wished the calendar went directly from Feb. 13 to Feb. 15, if you've ever sent yourself flowers on Valentine's Day, if you've ever spent the night with a pint of Chunky Monkey and a copy of "The Way We Were," you'll understand where Lisa is coming from. She hates Valentine's Day. It started in her senior year of high school, when she had her first really serious boyfriend. He was in college. For Valentine's Day, he gave her a very pretty necklace and then informed her that during a brief time that they'd broken up, he'd contracted the HPV virus. "Yeah for Valentine's Day No. 1!" She started dating "a really wonderful guy," but couldn't get over the previous loser. "I break up with the wonderful guy the day before Valentine's Day and opt for the loser, who proposes to me on Valentine's Day. And I accept. This will forever be remembered as my most regrettable Valentine's Day." The following year, they were both in college and married. Lisa had an exam on Valentine's evening and her husband had gone out of town for the day to visit a friend, but they had plans to celebrate that night. "I sat on the couch, concerned, as the clock ticked, thinking he'd been in an accident. By midnight, I'd decided he'd wish he were dead in a ditch. I went to bed. He scurries in sometime during the night and scratched out a quick Valentine's card, as if it really meant anything. As if the memory was not painful enough, years later I learned that while I sat staring out the window wondering if he was OK, he was actually with an ex-girlfriend." A few more years went by, and Lisa was still married to "the loser." They're both working and have a little money. "Valentine's Day comes, and I watch flower deliveries come for the other women at work.
A few more years go by, and Lisa decides she's had enough and is moving out. But her husband begs her to work things out. He calls to say he's making a nice Valentine's Day dinner. "For just a little bit, I think that maybe he is really going to try. I come home from work to ... nothing." Fast-forward several years. Lisa is remarried, to a "pretty nice guy" this time. Only it turns out he is completely unsentimental and has no concept of romance. "Ten years of Valentine's Days come and go with me ending up in tears at some point during nearly all of them. "My favorite Valentine's Day to date was the year I was out of town on business. I was eating at a nice restaurant alone (trying to ignore the bold-faced L on my forehead), when the couple next to me scooted over their table and insisted on sharing their evening with me. "They weren't swingers — at least, I don't think they were. "And now this Valentine's Day. I'm single. There are two men who want to spend it with them, but I'm not deeply infatuated with either one. "However, there's one little speck of light that glimmers. I recently saw the wonderful guy for the first time in 20 years, and there were sparks. Maybe this Valentine's Day will be the one that melts my hardened heart. "Probably not." John Edwards, Eliot Spitzer, Bill Clinton, Tiger Woods. What's with these guys? Send your thoughts, along with your questions and problems to cheryllavin@aol.com. And check out my blog www.talesfromthefront.com. To find out more about Cheryl Lavin, and read features by other Creators Syndicate writers and cartoonists, visit www.creators.com. COPYRIGHT 2010 CREATORS.COM
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