S.M.A.L.L. but not S.A.D.

Once again, it’s the time of year where single girls feel more alone than ever — but what about single boys? They seem to be forgotten in the cluster of stuffed animals, flowers and chocolates. Many have strong feelings about the holiday, whether good or bad.
“I wish I had a girlfriend, but as far as Valentine’s Day, I could care less,” said WSU junior Tyrel Gailey. “I don’t want to feel forced into feeling affection.”
One legend says Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. It was decided then that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families. Marriage was outlawed for young men. Valentine thought this to be injustice and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. He was later put to death for his actions.
So Valentine’s Day could have very well started with single boys.
“It’s a great day,” said WSU junior Trevor Ramboz. “It’s a day for people to express their love that should be expressed every day. I look at it as a great reminder to love others even though I am single.”
Not all boys feel this way. 
“Pointless,” Gailey said, when asked his feelings on Valentine’s Day. “It’s a made-up holiday that only focuses on the girl.”
Single girls often go out with their single girlfriends to a romantic comedy or dinner, and talk about traits they look for in guys.
Boys, on the other hand, who spend it alone or go out with their friends, are said to rarely express how they feel.
“My ideal Valentine’s Day is to go out to bars or clubs with all my other single sad friends,” Gailey said.
While boys are either for or against Valentine’s Day, they all, for the most part, want a girlfriend.
“I would like a girlfriend, but I haven’t found the right person — I mean, for a girlfriend, not marriage,” Gailey said.
“I feel like having a valentine makes me enjoy the holiday, where when I was single it was just a reminder that I was alone,” said WSU senior Gavin McKenna.
“I don’t feel bad about being single on Valentine’s Day,” Ramboz said. “It’s just like any other day. If I had a valentine, though, I’d prepare her dinner, and we would have a romantic evening alone, go for a walk on the beach, relax by a fire, and if I could play the guitar I would serenade her.”
Boy, girl, single or taken, everyone has their opinion on Valentine’s Day, and how they choose to celebrate it. Boys seem to have just as strong feelings as girls about it; they just show them in different ways.