We may have a genius in our midst!

Now, I'm no major fan of Valentine's Day...it tends to give you a freakin' ulcer while trying to cobble something worthwhile together for someone that you supposedly care about, or reminds you that there's no reason to bother this year. Really, when I'm single, I just try to think about the money I'm saving, and being the cheap Scot that I am, that tends to cheer me up. :)

But I seem to work with a guy who may have mastered some pretty intense Jedi mind shit... He is dating a girl (fairly seriously), and he has pronounced that he doesn't celebrate Valentine's Day.

Excuse me? How did you manage this??

Apparently he never has, and just refuses to as much as acknowledge its existence.

I. Am. Impressed.

Okay, granted, I'm coming at this from a single's perspective. To be honest, I've never much minded the "holiday" when it has affected me, as generally one actually wants to buy stuff and such for someone they care about (I'm not going to drop the L-word, as it doesn't really matter either way.... and no, not that L-word), but it does somewhat annoy me that for whatever reason the middle day of arguably the most depressing month in Canada has been chosen as a day in which you HAVE to buy people stuff. I guess I'm just more spontaneous than that... I suspect I bristle at the concept of Valentine's Day the same way I bristle at the idea of New Year's Resolutions. If you actually want to make a change in your life, why do you need a calendar to tell you? Just do it. Similarly, if you actually care about someone, what's wrong with a present in June, or September? Why do you have to wait until Hallmark or some baby in a diaper tells you?

Or maybe I just have peculiar and far-reaching authority issues...