Valentines day is around the corner and it's tradition; or at least it should be
that the singletons on RYL band together and declare that I AM PROUD TO BE SINGLE.
And we also complain about how valentines day is just a big corporate invention to inspire us all to find mr/mrs Right Now to save the embarrassment of being alone on valentines day and how those companies use all those things to make huge profits on the sale of cards, chocolate and cheap jewellery.
I'll kick things off; as I do with so many things, with a list.
10 Miserable Facts about St Valentines Day
Actually the list was 14 points long, but the last four were too grim. Considering what the first ten are; you can only imagine.
1. In the two week period leading up to Valentine’s Day, American sales of gold jewelry lead to 34 million metric tons of waste.
2. The vast majority of roses sold for Valentine’s Day in the U.S. are imported from South America, wasting fossil fuels.
3. Valentine’s Day traces its roots to an ancient pagan holiday called Lupercalia, in which men stripped naked, grabbed whips, and spanked young women in hopes of increasing their fertility.
4. The Christian martyr St. Valentine was beheaded on February 14 for performing marriages in secret.
5. Research suggests that 75 percent of suicide attempts are attributable to relationship problems.
6. 46 percent of Americans will exchange Valentine’s Day candy.
7. 67 percent of Americans are overweight or obese.
8. The first Valentine’s Day card was sent by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London. He remained a prisoner of war for the next twenty-four years.
9. A recent poll found that one in ten young adults admitted to feeling lonely, insecure, depressed, or unwanted on Valentine’s Day. And that’s just the ones that admitted it.
10. Forty percent of people have negative feelings towards Valentine’s Day.
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So anyway: I am Adam and I am proud to be single on Valentines day.
