CrappyValentine
Netherlands
Today, I tried convincing my Valentine-hating boyfriend to send me a card, by explaining how important it is to me. He finally agreed and sent me a card. I opened it up, and it wished me 'harmony and well-being on Lupercalia'. What is Lupercalia? It's an ancient Roman festival where men run down the street naked, whipping people with goat skins to encourage fertility. FML
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gingersnapper 0
...Okay. Who else just came?
eeeeeeee 5
That's why you shouldn't force your boyfriend to do nice things for you. It won't happen (and with good reason).
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walkerellis 0
lol
imchanel 0
wow your boyfriend sucks! FYL psshhh please he should treat you like it's valentines day every day.
Jakespeed207 4
Please be a troll... a terrible troll at that
slmjsanders 0
It sounds like he was just trying to be funny. I don't think you should kill yourself over it.
daydreamstar 7
wow. learn something new everyday, huh? well ok, not everyday! Sirin, baby, stop it lolz
bobobby999 0
its a roman fertility festival.. thats not all they do thats just an over generalization thats like saying chirstmas is a holiday where all you do is put out a plate of cookies and milk waiting for a fat guy to come down the chimmny take the cookies and leave presents or thanksgiving is just a day where everyone eats alot of food
ensemble_coeur 0
st valentine was eaten by a lion, or something like that. is that any better?
hoolie06 0
Since he was caught marryingChristian couples and aiding any Christians who were being persecuted under Emperor Claudius in Rome[when helping them was considered a crime], Valentinus was arrested and imprisoned. .. He was beaten with clubs and stoned; when that didn't do it, he was beheaded outside the Flaminian Gate [circa 269]. http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=159
TrinityisLife 22
Legenda Aurea still providing no connections whatsoever with sentimental love, appropriate lore has been embroidered in modern times to portray Valentine as a priest who refused an unattested law attributed to Roman Emperor Claudius II, allegedly ordering that young men remain single. The Emperor supposedly did this to grow his army, believing that married men did not make for good soldiers. The priest Valentine, however, secretly performed marriage ceremonies for young men. When Claudius found out about this, he had Valentine arrested and thrown in jail. In an embellishment to The Golden Legend provided by American Greetings, Inc. to History.com and widely repeated, on the evening before Valentine was to be executed, he wrote the first "valentine" himself, addressed to a young girl variously identified as his beloved,[17] as the jailer's daughter whom he had befriended and healed,[18] or both. It was a note that read "From your Valentine."[17] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine%27s_day#Saint_Valentine
roflmfaoxD123 0
lmfao thts hysterical
gema_rae 5
That's brillient!!! Your boyfriend is not only intelligent, but willing to compromise. I mean, Valentine's Day is just a corporate ploy to fool people into thinking that unless they BUY something for their loved one they don't really love them... Or like them... Whatever. It's very "high school". And very very lame. But hey, he got you a card, which you wanted, and didn't give up his morals. And obviously has a sense of humour. Hardly a FML. If it's something YOU believe in, YOU get HIM something, and don't expect anything in return except words. As long as your partner treats you well and shows that they care, why find fault where there is none?
ImaginaryFoe 1
I agree. Be impressed that he is intelligent, resourceful enough to find or make the card, and cared enough about you to find a compromise for a holiday you believe in and he obviously doesn't.
Lisa89 3
^this
tisiphone_fml 0
Agreed. OP deserves it for being shallow enough to become so invested in a totally consumer-driven iteration of a holiday. OP's boyfriend rocks for creativity, humor, and compromise!
girlslikeboyz 0
To me I think thats not a FML bc he ATLEAST got you a card AND hes intelligent
heartlessagony 0
ROFL He has humor