Valentines Day -- What Did You Do To Cope?

[Cobalt Cadence]

I was wondering with Valentines Day just behind us and spring holidays right around the corner, how did you cope if you were alone (widowed or not)?
I was a bit concerned and really wanted to just sleep the day away.
So my grand niece and I decorated little pink ducks and passed them out at the nursing home my late sister worked at. It was fun to do the decorating and I hope that I was able to instill in her the love of volunteering that my mom instilled in us.
Still finding my way through the grief, but having a first like this go okay, I just may make it

 

[hollydolly]

Cope ?...It's not even on my horizon..it never even occurred to me that it was any other day than a normal day !


However you will be feeling raw pain because you're still in the first stages of deep grief.... ...you did right to find something else to occupy your mind !

 

[Cobalt Cadence]

Cope ?...It's not even on my horizon..it never even occurred to me that it was any other day than a normal day !


Hoever you will be feeling raw pain because you're still in the first stages of deep grief.... ...you did right to find something else to occupy your mind !

Thank you for the kind words!!

 

[oscash]

It was just another day to me., but I took myself out for a nice coffee and asked the waitress did she have a nice Valentine's Day.
She told me she was single but a few of her girlfriends bought some lovely flowers and went into the city and handed out single stems to strangers in the street, just to wish them a lovely day. What a kind gesture. I thought they made someone happy. .

 

[TeePee]

I would never have even thought about it except for a couple of friends sending me cards reminding me of it.

 

[Aunt Bea]

No coping necessary.

I’m fortunate to be single by choice, not circumstance.

Valentine’s Day, like so many things, is what we choose to make it.

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I'm a widow, so Valentines Day is just another day to me now. In fact, it came and went...then next day I though..."oh yeah, yesterday was Valentines Day". I usually add to the Valentines Day thread(s) here but didn't even do that.

 

[dusty]

The last valentines day I celebrated was the first one after my divorce from the agent. I gathered all my jewerly he had bought me over 30 yrs auctioned it if it was good, then the other precious stones in rings braclets and others I pawned. Then I called him and told him.

But hell I wasn't bitter...he just shouldn't have done it with people I knew. If he had kept it in it's pouch .........

 

[Veronica]

The same way I "cope" with all the holidays. I decorate my house and get out my seasonal jewelry.
I consider any holiday as an excuse to make a tasty dessert.
Valentines is a chocolate holiday. For Valentines I made a Wellesley Fudge Cake with homemade fudge icing.

 

[Messy]

This year I listened to Neil Sedaka. He posted this on Valentines day.

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[Sunkist]

Valentine's Day was never anything to me beyond the little parties we had in elementary school.

 

[Ruthanne]

Chocolate !!