ALEXIS SEBRING
Life Assistant
Valentine’s Day should be filled with love, cuddling and chocolate. Boyfriends are expected to show extra kindness to their girlfriends on this day. Poems and flowers are the least that are expected from the guys. But when the storm clouds cluster and rain drenches this holiday with the single syndrome it can get pretty depressing.
Many students at Pepperdine remember their heartbreaking past and having to endure the painful Single’s Awareness Day instead.
“When I was in middle school I had this really big crush on this girl for a really long time, and this was in seventh grade. I asked her out on Valentine’s Day with a Valentine and everything. I was really happy because she said yes, and then she dumped me two hours later.”
– Sophomore Travis Padgett
“I was on punishment and not expecting to see anyone on Valentine’s Day. My hair was a mess, I had on basketball shorts, a big T-shirt and my legs weren’t lotioned or anything. I was a hot mess. Then my mom came home and said ‘Go get the groceries,’ so I go and open the door and there’s my ex-boyfriend standing there with flowers and a stuffed animal and he says, ‘Happy Valentine’s Day!’ and I was [surprised]. I was like, ‘Eric, nice to see you. Bye!’ I was a hot mess and then I see some guy at the freakin’ door.”
– Freshman Brittany Brown
“I was in kindergarten and I had this big, huge heart for this girl that I had a big crush on. And then I gave it to her at lunch time and she crumpled it up and threw it over the fence. It was terrible.”
– Sophomore Josh Spainhower
Whatever the case is this year, Valentine’s Day can always be worse. But as bad as they can get, there will always be hope in experiencing a wonderful Valentine’s Day next year, or maybe the year after that depending on your luck.
Maybe it is for the better to not have the obligation of keeping somebody happy on Valentine’s Day, so bring on Single’s Awareness Day.
02-14-2008
