Dear Mr. Valentines Day!

Mr. Valentines day and I met online. It just happened to be in February, so it turned out that our first date was on Valentines day. We were both normal and chill people, so it ended up being totally cool.

Dear Mr. Valentines day,

Um, this was probably one of the better Valentines Days that I've ever had. Partly because I've never had a boyfriend, so V day was always fun because of the chocolate and celebrating love in general, but no particular years stood out. Okay, I have to be honest. The guy who I was actually most into at the time didn't want to hang out on Valentines day because he was spending it with his mom. Yes, you read that right. So you can imagine me just annoyed. That's weird, right? I mean a guy can't possibly like you if he would rather spend time with his "mom." Anyway, this letter isn't about him. I honestly forgot the day and asked if you were free Thursday. You texted back, "Valentine's Day?" I think I replied something along the lines of, "ah! sorry. I totally forgot. We can pick another day" And as we reviewed our schedules we found that Valentines Day was the one day we were both free for like two weeks. Hey, lets just do it. It can be totally casual. We'll treat it just like another day. And you were a rock star about the whole thing. So we met at Downtown Disney because it was a halfway point and we decided to have drinks at that bar in the middle.

It was rather perfect actually. You lived in New York and I so BADLY want to live in the city for a year. I enjoyed hearing all your stories about going to school there, the late night food runs and your bartender who eventually became your friend. I love the little pieces of New York like that. Because you were educated there were endless conversations about crazy college pranks, literature, science, art and the social aspect of it all, stories about traveling, future goals and just joking around. We got along so well and I felt like I had known you for a while, probably because I sensed our personalities were so similar. You were someone of balance. I.E: Work hard, play hard, study hard, be faithful to your commitments, have a little adventure, read a good book for hours, go to a joint alone, make sure you're at the fun parties, gotta have family, love my friends. Enough of everything. It was so refreshing and fun for me. And that pumpkin beer or whatever it was....so BOMB! The lights that were hanging overhead twinkling as the echo of our laughter mingled with everyone elses' until a roar of luminosity that ascended to the midnight sky... or that's how it felt. But Disney has that vibe to it.

Being both logical, we did have a wonderful discussion on religion and we disagreed, but the discussion was great none the less. It's unfortunate because we matched in so many other ways. But when I think long term, I think of raising kids and they can't have conflicting ideologies coming at them all the time, that's confusing. Poor dears. haha.

So, we walked around, hugged goodbye in the parking lot like good friends and never saw each other again. Yet, that evening glimmers in my mind. Thanks. It was a little adventure and that is the stuff of life.

Sincerely,

A Valentine....kind of... sort of ...once...