singles awareness day

last night while on twitter a fellow lady vol fan coined the greeting 'happy singles awareness' day. it was his response to the nonsense that is the 14th of february. now as someone who has only ever celebrated singles awareness day on february 14th i will go him one better.

i do not think that it is soley this day in february that is designed to remind people exactly how single they are. i think that the february observance signals the end of the season of singles awareness. the singles awareness season begins around the 25th of december. the 31st of december is another of the season's noted days then the month of january rolls around. by then you are reeling from the excesses of december and i think it lulls you into a false sense of security.

then suddenly february 14th hits you like a louisville slugger right across the bridge of your nose. suddenly everyone and their dog wants to wish you a happy valentine's day. my favourite valentine sentiments are from those coupled folks who don't want to alienate their single friends. they usually proceed to add footnotes to their valentine greetings.

"i want to wish all of my friends a happy valentine's day. even the single people who clearly are too stupid to find love, lust or even another sonofabitch willing to buy them a $5 hallmark card"*

*it is possible that my single's awareness day hostility has caused me to paraphrase the footnote somewhat. but for the record i emphatically state that i am not bitter... much.