While out and about today i overheard several conversations about Valentine Day. A lot of what i heard were complaints.
One woman didn't get flowers, just a card and balloons. Another got the flowers, but no candy. Another didn't receive the exact ring she wanted.
So, just in case there's someone out there with the "i didn't get what i wanted from my husband/boyfriend" blues, i thought i would post my Valentine story so you can maybe feel better by comparison.
Today was my fourth "I didn't get..." Valentine day. For me it's a good thing. And for me "i didn't get" means i didn't get anything from a husband/boyfriend. I do always get the world's best handmade Valentine card from my special son.
I was widowed in 2001. Valentine day 2002 was extra terrible because, not only was it the first without my husband, but it was also one week before the first anniversary of his death. I thought surely it was the worse Valentine day in the world.
I was wrong.
Along came Valentine day 2003.
Other women were receiving candy, cards, etc.
I went to my mailbox and pulled out a big envelope.....containing my husband's autopsy report.
Four years later and there is still no man in my life, but each Valentine day that passes and there are no flowers and/or candy and my mailbox has an echo, a la charlie Brown, i smile because at least i didn't get an autopsy report!
Soooo, if anyone out there is feeling a little down because they didn't get exactly what they had hoped for? SHUT THE **** UP...
and hug your partner.
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