True Tales of Valentine's Day Gone Awry
Love is a "many a splendored thing," unless it is embarrassing, humiliating, or just plain gross. Read on for these stories of V-Day that were anything but romantic.
From The Nest
What could go wrong on such a romantic day? Just wait until you hear these people's horror stories ... and pray they don't happen to you!
"On our first Valentine's Day as a married couple I had the flu. And I mean really bad flu. I won't go into too much but basically my husband had to spend the night cleaning up after me thinking he was going to have to take me to the hospital." — Abby1024nJoe
"Probably the first one when my husband and I were dating. I made a beautiful picnic on the floor and he was worried because he thought I wanted us to feed each other or do something weird with the food. I had a bit too much bubbly because I was so nervous and ended up crying because he was making fun of my picnic. Ever since then, we keep Valentine's Day really small and understated." — jays_lady44
"My ex-boyfriend sent a bouquet of flowers to my work, where my boyfriend at the time also happened to be employed. That went over really well with the boyfriend." — 612BrideCT
"We tried going out for dinner, but every place we went to either had a two-hour wait or was booked. So we got some takeout, went home, and sat on our couch with a movie and a beer." — Mrs.NewWifey
"I was in junior high and we had carnation deliveries on Valentine's Day. The delivery person came in and gave me five carnations from various people. I was ecstatic! I was never the popular type, so five carnations were unexpected to say the least. Then I looked at the tags ... they were all from people I didn't know or wasn't friends with. What the?!? I soon realized that there was another girl in my school with the same first and last name as me who was a cheerleader and much, much more popular. All five of those carnations were supposed to go to her ... not me. It was totally humiliating to have to tell the delivery guy that these were not really for me. He said, 'Oh, sorry. I guess you didn't get any then.' Yeah — thanks a lot!" — Husky42Gal
"When I was in high school, this guy took me out to a nice restaurant. When we went to pay, he had no cash and was planning on writing a check. They did not take personal checks. He didn't have a debit card and I didn't have money on me. They ended up taking his check since it was all we had — we were both embarrassed! Then we walked out to his truck to find that he had locked his keys inside. And it was raining! He had to climb up on the bed of his truck, open that little window in the back, crawl through, and unlock my door." — Meg00
"I was so excited for Valentine's Day when I was in seventh grade. It was the first time I had a 'boyfriend' on V-Day. I bought lots of chocolates and the token Build-a-Bear for him. But the day before, we broke up as a direct result of me beating him in a one-on-one basketball game during gym class (needless to say his male pride was hurt). As revenge, I ate every single piece of chocolate I had bought for him and ended up spending Valentine's Day home sick from school due to the absurd amount of candy I had consumed the night before." — Nest Caitlin
"In college, I kind of had a thing for one of the guys I bartended with. We made plans to go back to his apartment to hang out after our shift on Valentine's Day. I walk in to the lights down, candles burning, Luther Vandross blasting on the stereo, and him standing there in all his naked pasty-white glory. I promptly turned around, walked out, and never talked to him again."
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