Cynical romantics and their holiday plans

1. My boyfriend and I will continue our tradition by dressing in our finest apparel and… 1. My boyfriend and I will continue our tradition by dressing in our finest apparel and enjoying a five-star meal at Arby’s. Then, I will thoroughly enjoy some concoction he has put together because I’ve had too many Valentine’s Days sulking in my room…so I make up for lost time!

(Katie Renze)

2. I’ll desperately look for cool flowers for my girlfriend, find none, and then break down in the Giant Eagle as the florist tells me I’m still a good person.

(Kevin Sharp)

3. I will take my special lady friend out to a nice dinner at a restaurant I definitely cannot afford. We’ll spend most of the rest of the night drinking cheap wine, watching cartoons and making fun of each other. She might get flowers if she behaves.

(Daniel Richey)

4. I find it funny that thousands of couples will forget the important things in their relationships that need tending to year round: respect, honesty, trust. None of these are half as important as red roses and chocolate on Hallmark’s Day.

(Randal Lundell)

5. I plan to enjoy a nice dinner with my boyfriend of four years at the Cheesecake Factory. Then we will enjoy a quiet evening alone doing what most 22-year-olds do … watching a movie.

(Natasha Surles)

6. I’m going on a romantic date filled with flowers and fireworks. Either that or lying in bed, watching television and eating all the chocolate my mom sent me.

(Sam Ginsburg)

7. I’ll be going to dinner with my awesome girlfriend Kristin and surprising her with a few things she might not be expecting. She’s probably reading this right now, and hey – that’ll be one surprise right there.

(Carson Davis)

8. As far as I’m concerned, today is just like any other Tuesday. I’ll go to class, I’ll go to work – and I’ll do the best I can not to buy half-priced candy tomorrow.

(Emily Kaufman)

9. This Valentine’s Day I will be sending flowers and candy to myself with a note saying “From a Secret Admirer” to make my roommates jealous.

(Anjali Nair)

10. This commercialized excuse for a holiday has turned me into a love-crazed sap machine – I will be trolling the card shops and coffee bars looking for broken women crying in their lattes, and try and get me a date.

(John Steele)