I Got Them Valentine Blues Again

[warrprayer]

it used to be so much fun... grade school, making your own with colored paper and scissors, everyone got one from everyone in the class... you could eat the paste too!

[LiberalEsto]

1. I dreaded Valentine's Day at school

Some years I got zero cards. Other years I got maybe one or two from classmates whose mothers made them give cards to everyone in the class. It seemed like everyone else got lots of Valentine cards. I was very shy, small, skinny, wore glasses and usually got very good grades, so most of the other kids made fun of me or ignored me.

When I got home from school I'd go to my room and cry. This was in the early 1960s.

[Xyzse]

2. LOL

Actually, when I was younger, I was in an all boys school.
We never had a Valentine's Day thing for something like that.

We were tasked to do crafts work which will then be given to our mothers.

One year, we were taught how to make fans, sew wallets, weave a basket and things like that.
All before 5th grade.

It was nice.

[warrprayer]

4. it sounds like

you learned some valuable skills!

[Xyzse]

5. Yeah.

There are things I learned myself.

It is why some of the letters I have written for my ex she had framed.

[warrprayer]

3. so sorry

in my classes everyone had to make a card for everyone, that way nobody felt left out. Of course if you "liked" (code for "had a crush on&quot someone, you put a lot more work into their Valentine.
I hope your Valentines days are much happier now!

[Xyzse]

6. I completely missed out on this rite.