Happy Valentine's Day folks! I know not everyone has had the best experience with this holiday, so I asked the BuzzFeed Community to share the Valentine's Day disasters they've experienced.
From dramatic breakups to serious bodily injuries, people spilled. So, let's get into the best responses:
1. "So, my ex-boyfriend (we dated for eight months) pulled a 'My grandma's in the hospital' card to dodge our Valentine's Day plans. Plot twist: There was no sick grandma, just a guy too chicken to say he wanted out. This revelation came courtesy of my aunt, who worked with his father."
—Anonymous
2. "Each Valentine’s Day during the first 10 years of marriage, my husband would always send me a beautiful bouquet of roses and a lovely card. On this particular Valentine’s Day I received another bouquet of roses and a letter. The problem with the letter was that it was addressed to another woman!"
"It had information about their relationship, when they were going to next meet up, and what they were going to do. Apparently, the other woman received my flowers and card. Did I mention the other woman was a longtime friend since my junior high school years? Marriage over, friendship over. I was done!"
—Anonymous
3. "We were in a long distance relationship, and I drove over eight hours to meet him that weekend at his school. He was at the gym when I got there and apparently had to finish his workout that took another hour and a half before meeting me in the parking lot, so I sat in my car waiting for him. When I offered to pay after each of our meals that weekend (because I’m a nice person and don’t want to assume someone else will pay for my dinner even if we’re dating), he said yes for all of it."
"I spent over $200 just on food for us that weekend, and he did not even get me a Valentine’s Day gift. He got me nothing. Not even a card (and he had money so don’t worry it wasn’t because he was struggling, a card would have been fine, or even a verbal acknowledgment that it even was Valentine’s Day). Of course I brought him a card, candy, chocolate, etc. And the whole time I was there, all he wanted to do was play video games. We broke up a few weeks later."
—Anonymous
4. "I caught my boyfriend cheating on me. Valentine's Day is also my birthday."
—Anonymous
5. "I asked my then-boyfriend to hang out on Valentine's Day after I got off of work. He agreed, so I got a ride into the office because he would be picking me up. I knew it wasn't his favorite holiday, but I appreciated that he was willing to spend time with me. I waited after my store closed for over an hour, with no word from him, just sitting by myself in the dark. When he finally showed up, it was with his friend, who was driving."
"His friend then wanted to go to Walmart, so they went in to shop while I just sat in the car. When they finally got back to my boyfriend's car, I just asked to be taken home. It was after 10 at night, I hadn't eaten, and I hadn't even been able to spend time with him. Oh, and even though he didn't get me anything (which wasn't expected), he was pissed at me because a regular customer at my work handed out little bags of heart shaped candies. He was pissed at me because someone else gave me a gift."
—Anonymous
6. "I'd been seeing a man for five months on Valentine's Day. He lived an hour away but also worked away Monday through Friday (or so I thought). He left my house as normal to 'go to work,' but with no mention of Valentine's Day. He was a love bomber so I was expecting big things. He never had signal when he worked away, so it wasn't unusual to not hear from him. (Wow, writing this I can immediately see the red flags I should have seen then!) Anyway, that night I got a text from him saying 'hope the foods on I won't be long.'"
"I got excited thinking he was coming over and hadn't gone to work, so tried ringing him. His phone went to voicemail. This carried on for three days. He eventually texted me to say he wouldn't be home that weekend as the work was good. I found out after some serious snooping that he was on Tinder and had arranged a first date with someone at her house on Valentine's Day and hadn't left!"
—Anonymous