Slightly late St. Valentine's Day bitterness

February 14, 2006 6:39 PM

Tess Fragoulis: "Alternately, you might spend time with people who should have got divorced, but didn't, opting instead for a lifetime of bickering and dissatisfaction. Call up Mom and Dad and invite yourself over for dinner. Understand once and for all why marriage has always seemed a fate worse than death to you."
posted by rehpotsirhc (8 comments total)

Or, you can just ignore the whole thing altogether if you're single, treating it like any other day, instead of being a tired, snarky, bitter cliché.
posted by Meredith at 6:52 PM on February 14, 2006

Ah..... sounds like poor Tess was the only one that didn't get some flowers. Bitterness, what other trait can make you laugh at someone so easily?
posted by oddman at 7:35 PM on February 14, 2006

Tess isn't bitter, she's actually quite nice and a very good writer.
posted by mikel at 8:54 PM on February 14, 2006

Ooh, someone has her cranky pants on.
posted by QuietDesperation at 9:09 PM on February 14, 2006

Sad, don't rain on my parade, I love my wife.
posted by wtfchuck at 12:52 AM on February 15, 2006

The best thing that ever happened with my parent's marriage was their divorce. My mother: "We stayed together because of you kids." (bullshit).
posted by mk1gti at 6:15 AM on February 15, 2006

I took a writing class from tess last year, and she is certainly bitter. In a pleasent cynical sort of way sure, but bitter is bitter.

That said, The best of the web this isn't.
posted by cmyr at 7:24 AM on February 15, 2006

The worst day of the year to be single is, by far, Feb. 14.

Most people I know would say New Year's Eve.
posted by mrgrimm at 4:04 PM on February 15, 2006