Valentine's slay, Caring and Love: Today, I tried convincing my Valentine-hating boyfriend to send...

By CrappyValentine - 14/02/2012 18:56 - Netherlands

Today, I tried convincing my Valentine-hating boyfriend to send me a card, by explaining how important it is to me. He finally agreed and sent me a card. I opened it up, and it wished me 'harmony and well-being on Lupercalia'. What is Lupercalia? It's an ancient Roman festival where men run down the street naked, whipping people with goat skins to encourage fertility. FML

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By Arp - 04/02/2012 20:46 - United States

Today, I got an early Valentine's day card. My boyfriend and I recently broke up, and my hopes shot up thinking it might be from him. It wasn't. It was from my parents. FML

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By helpme - 15/01/2013 07:23 - United States - Irvine

Today, as part of a charity project called Operation Valentine, I worked with 150 other volunteers to make care packages and Valentine's Day cards to send to the troops in Afghanistan, thanking them for their courage. My boyfriend called the cards "cheating" and now refuses to see me. FML

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By Anonymous - 15/02/2024 00:00 - United States - Ontario

Today, my boyfriend still doesn't "believe" in Valentine's Day. Every year I feel stupid for caring about this. FML

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By Jayde - 04/02/2012 05:12 - United States

Today, I received a single, hand-made Valentine's card from the weirdest kid in the school. It said, "If you ever get mauled by a bear, I hope he doesn't damage your face." FML

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By ThanksMum - 14/02/2012 11:56 - United Kingdom

Today, the only card I got for Valentine's Day was in my mother's handwriting, and she posted it through the front door herself. She still won't admit it's from her. FML

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By Anonymous - 19/02/2012 08:25 - Australia

Today, I got a reply to my Valentine's Day card that I sent to my girlfriend. I'll get the address right next time because her neighbor is really creeping me out now. FML

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By katelynm - 08/02/2013 06:24 - United States

Today, I pointed out to my boyfriend how Valentine's day, my birthday, and our one-year anniversary were all coming up in the next few weeks. He then promptly broke up with me. FML

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By mariana - 08/02/2014 00:18 - Canada - Toronto

Today, I decided to ask the guy I like if he'll be my Valentine. I wrote the question on a piece of paper and passed it to him, trying to be cute. He read it, wrote his answer with a smile, and passed it back. It said, "Depends, do you swallow?" No, no I don't. FML

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By nicegirl08 - 20/01/2009 22:47 - United States

Today, my boyfriend came to visit me for my birthday. Over dinner he handed me a blank card that had the words "I love you" hastily written on it. When the waiter came to take our order he informed him that we'd be paying separately. Happy Birthday. FML

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By fantastic - 03/02/2012 18:47 - France

Today, I went to the store to get Valentine's Day gifts to decorate my boyfriend's and my new apartment. He was there shopping with his wife. FML

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gingersnapper 0

Monday 15 February 2010 1:18

...Okay. Who else just came?

eeeeeeee 5

Monday 15 February 2010 1:20

That's why you shouldn't force your boyfriend to do nice things for you. It won't happen (and with good reason).

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JojoPotatoe 0

Monday 15 February 2010 15:20

Lupercalia is what Valentines day is derived(distorted ?) from... What are you whining about ? You wanted a Valentines card ? you got a Valentines card, an educational one, which in this new light might make you reconsider you superficial Valentines whims... I bet most people wouldn't be so keen on V day if they knew what it was originally about, which used to make some sense... If you are to celebrate, make sure you know what your are celebrating...

LightningStar 0

Monday 15 February 2010 15:23

actually, #222, Valentines is originally about St.Valentines death. Hence the name

JojoPotatoe 0

Monday 15 February 2010 15:56

What I meant was, the fact that people are requested to celebrate love on V day comes from those ancient times when people celebrated love in such a way (the spank-my-bumbum-with-goat-skin rituals ^^) that it was meant to boost fertility. So pple celebrated for a reason they knew of. That was my point ^^ BTW people at the time certainly knew how to have fun !! :-p

jkimchi 0

Monday 15 February 2010 15:26

He was probably just trying to be funny about it. At least your boyfriend has a sense of humor.

flugiboogee 9

Monday 15 February 2010 16:34

what a genius, and you got your card so shut up

originalusername_fml 0

Monday 15 February 2010 17:18

"...by explaining how important it is to me." so if he DIDN'T send you a card you'd /slit? it's nice to get a card on Valentine's Day but if you force your boyfriend to do that then how would you expect him to get you a NICE card? if he didn't feel like giving you one in the first place?

Paradoodle 5

Monday 15 February 2010 17:24

ok it's not an fml but how hard is it for him to get her a card and put something small in it like I'm thinking of you? it'd make her happy and I'm sure there's something that he'll want that she doesn't have the same opinion about later. it'd be different if she was begging for chocolate, roses and a candle lit dinner but it was just a card.

youthink_fml 0

Monday 15 February 2010 17:55

Then everything she wants turns into "it's important to me" just to get her way, no matter how stupid and with no regard to him. How hard is it for her to think "it's only a card and actually means nothing"?

Zoockey 5

Monday 15 February 2010 18:18

Cupid - Boyfriend 0 - 1 Goed geregeld ;)

blastvortex 3

Monday 15 February 2010 19:21

You got what you asked for. Also, YDI for trying to cram a moronic, callous holiday down your BF's throat.

Skellig 2

Monday 15 February 2010 19:33

Your boyfriend is apparently cleverer than you. So yes, fyl. But, at the same time, ydi. =] Lupercalia is one of the many ancient holidays that somehow got bastardized into Vday. So, in a sense he gave you exactly what you asked for. Man deserves a high five.