Alas we meet yet again, Mortals!

As January is coming to a swift close and February is on the horizon, I tend to get a tad cynical due to a certain day in this second month of the year. It’s a day most single people dread (or even hate with a fiery passion). That’s right: Valentine’s Day.

While it is true ole V-Day was largely created by greeting card and candy companies to profit off couples who see the world through rose-tinted goggles, I still feel a tinge of sadness when this day rolls around. V-Day reminds me of how utterly alone I feel in the relationship department.

When I go to any number of social media outlets and see couples being cute together and posting their puppy love everywhere they can, I totally see exactly what is missing from my own life. I lack a companion, someone to go out on adventures with and live life to the fullest together; Someone who doesn’t mind making out in public (I have no shame), or going for a long bike ride to wherever, or going out at midnight to get milkshakes (gotta love those shake cravings), or engaging in a random lightsaber battle at a public park while in full cosplay. Simply, I want to be with someone who accepts me for all of my quirks and all of my flaws.

I have tried to solve my love life dilemma by going on a number of dating websites. While they are a good idea on paper, it totally takes away the whole social aspect of getting to know someone, which totally defeats the whole point of the websites. Most of the time, chatting with someone never makes it past the online stage (thus putting me back to square one). I’ve sort of become quite disenchanted with the whole online dating thing, which means I’ll have to figure out other ways of meeting people.

So I continue onward in my quest for love, destination unknown.

“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love.” Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, chapter 35, page 722

 

Until next time, this is the denizen under the bridge signing off.