Posted on 02/09/2007 9:20:30 PM PST by snugs
Next week is Valentine's Day which for some of us if we are single can be depressing on the other hand we do not have the dilemma will We buy the right bottle of perfume, wine or box of chocolates. Will we pick the right restaurant, movie or play.
Instead of concentrating on the lack of a partner at the time of year lets look at the positives of our lives as singles. Places we can go, things we can do without having to negotiate with a partner.
Some may have children or elderly parents which means you are restricted but even so these are family members that most times offer unconditional love and support even if at times it does not seem like it. A partner gives love but often conditional love, a relationship that has to be worked at rather than being born into. There are great rewards in both and pressures in both.
As singles we can also appreciate and enjoy seeing happy couples this Valentines and sympathising with those who are just acting it out and being thankful once again that being single is preferable in many cases to pretending.
Be positive lets think of happy past Valentine Days maybe as a child for a lot of women when your father made you feel special. I know several families where the father always sends valentine cards to his daughters even though they are grown just to make sure they are not forgotten.
Come on all lets have fun and not dwell on what we do not have but celebrate that what we do have.
it even out did the snowball fight we had a few weeks ago on the canteen! I have NO idea who started that one! ::tongue in cheek::
::Looking around the place quite innocently::
feel better soon, Max!
*jon*, i got eyes in the back o' my head, and i'm watchin' you!!! LOL
have a good afternoon, everyone. glad trussell was able to pull up the song for you, dave!
later, all!
...and I still made it out unscathed
so, now you can eat it. (got another bowl?) homemade chicken soup really does help a cold. hugs that you feel better soon! ;o)
"*jon*, i got eyes in the back o' my head, and i'm watchin' you!!! LOL"
O RLY?
Ma, he's fibbin'!!
MAX, you saw me hit him, before you left, didn't you??? ::pleading look::
shhhh! just stand there, and he won't see me! i really gotta sneak outa here! catch ya later, ok? distract him, alright!??
Here is a love song, perhaps appropriate, for those of us alone around valentines day. The Corrs do a good version of this and the link below has a video clip with a performance by a group called "Slainte", which means health in Gaelic.
"Black is the Colour"
Black is the colour of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands
I love my love and well she knows
I love the ground whereon she goes
I wish the day it soon would come
When she and I could be as one
I go to the Clyde, I mourn and weep
Satisfied I never can be
Then I write her a letter, just a few short lines
And suffer death a thousand times
For black is the colour of my true love's hair
Her lips are like some roses fair
She has the sweetest smile and the gentlest hands
And I love the ground whereon she stands
http://www.blackisthecolour.bravehost.com/
Nope, I was up in the, ah, never mind...
That's you!!!!
you are getting much better with the photoshop!
good job Jon!
I do a lot of photo editing but no head transfers (ala Mars Attacks) thus far
that is gorgeous.. thank you
...yes, but there's another reason why i picked that one instead of the others in my bin 8^)
I thought you was calling me a chickling. hehehehhe. Thought that was kinda cute. I am a chick, afterall. :P
I am glad you liked it, it's a beautiful song. I was singing along with it!
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