Oh man. You know, Valentines day is a weird time for me.
I REALLY TRY to show that I love people every single day - so that isn't a new thing...but I'd have to say I'm going to start with my best one, then share my worst. Who knows? Maybe people will like my share.
My BEST Valentines day was actually last year. It was the FIRST Valentines day that I have ever had where I felt like I got that super warm fuzzy feeling that everyone tries to create on that day. AAANNNND, I got it hanging out with several platonic friends. I'm Somewhere on the spectrum of Bisexual and Pansexual - I haven't figured out where yet and that's cool but for the sake of simplicity - I'm just going to say Platonic Friends because that is the easiest way to differentiate when we are talking about romance and a holiday that is so much about the constructs surrounding ideals of love. (YAAAY DISCLAIMER).
We all made dinner together, Everyone brought gifts and we drew names out of a hat to exchange them. We all got dressed up how we felt good about ourselves and made the night about taking care of each other as people and pointing out why we were thankful for each others friendship.
NOW, the Worst?
I have been cheated on A LOT - And I definitely caught my former S/O with someone they were lying to my face about messing around with IN MY BATHROOM. ON THE FLOOR. I was mostly upset about having been lied to - not having been "Cheated On."
Things happen. I try to be cool and be excellent to people I care about - I really just remember that being a huge catalyst for a lot of self growth and really looking at what my priorities were - so, I guess that it wasn't as terrible in hindsight. A lot of good came from it but at the time? OUCH