Oh, Honey - Valentine's Day Woes

Oh, you lovely Honeys,

I hope you all had a wonderful Super Bowl weekend! I know I sure did, and I am beyond happy to not only keep my beard but also to answer more of your wonderful questions! This weekend, I got a lot of submissions (love you all so much for that, by the way, mwah), which made me curious about why I was getting so much traction. I mean, I know I am smart and have the answers to basically any question, and then I remembered what day it is this week: Valentine’s Day…gross. The holiday that turns the emotion of love into an excuse for chocolate companies to sell more products, because Halloween wasn’t enough already. I may not be a fan of this holiday, but I know that a LOT of you have the same question this week, so I will answer the one that is on everyone’s mind with this specific submission I got from one of you lovely people:

“There's this boy who I think is really sweet and cute. I'm wondering if I should ask him out on Valentine’s Day? I don't know much about him, but I see him a lot, and we talk a bit. I'd love to talk to him more.”

Oh honey, this is a CLASSIC situation of butterflies in the stomach from seeing someone who matches your freak to a tee. I am sure all of us reading this paper, or anyone who breathes oxygen, has felt this way at one point or another. I know for a fact that I have. What would I do here? Well, I’ll tell you a story of what NOT to do, and that should be able to help you make your decision on what to do. We need to go back seven years, to when I was a high school freshman and had a friend who was head over heels for this one girl. He would constantly talk about how smart, funny and how he could already hear wedding bells when he would talk to her (he was only a teenage boy, so I give him grace, but also…Honey, no, not like that). This went on for the whole year until February because he thought that Valentine’s Day would magically make his dreams come true. Not only did his dreams not come true, and he got put in the friendzone, but he also passed out from the stress of asking her out in the middle of geometry class. It was a blunder, but now he’s getting his PhD at MIT, so he is doing pretty well for himself.

Why did this happen? Because he asked her out on Valentine’s Day. You never ask someone out on a holiday, never. It causes too much stress for anyone to handle, due to the expectations that come with the big day. Also, do you really want the possibility of rejection tied to a holiday? I’ve been dumped the day before MLK Day, and I have done the dumping on the 4th of July; now every time these days come around, I need to take the good and the bad with both. Have you ever felt regret when watching fireworks of all things? It sucks, especially if the fireworks show is already boring. Do you want my professional opinion? Don’t even bother until after the break. Take time for yourself, queen. It does us all wonders. See if you actually want to ask him out afterwards, or if this is just a little bit of Valentine’s jitters instead. This applies to all of you who think the same thing: being single is okay! Date yourself, I like it at least. What will I be doing this Valentine’s Day? It is going to be a quiet day for me, myself, my dogs and “Heated Rivalry.”

That’s all I have to say this week, until next print!

[If you want to submit questions for Oh Honey, you can scan the QR code provided or email vivolod@canisius.edu for questions. To be considered for the current week’s print, submit by 11:59 PM Feb. 10]

-DV

Oh, you lovely Honeys,

I hope you all had a wonderful Super Bowl weekend! I know I sure did, and I am beyond happy to not only keep my beard but also to answer more of your wonderful questions! This weekend, I got a lot of submissions (love you all so much for that, by the way, mwah), which made me curious about why I was getting so much traction. I mean, I know I am smart and have the answers to basically any question, and then I remembered what day it is this week: Valentine’s Day…gross. The holiday that turns the emotion of love into an excuse for chocolate companies to sell more products, because Halloween wasn’t enough already. I may not be a fan of this holiday, but I know that a LOT of you have the same question this week, so I will answer the one that is on everyone’s mind with this specific submission I got from one of you lovely people:

“There's this boy who I think is really sweet and cute. I'm wondering if I should ask him out on Valentine’s Day? I don't know much about him, but I see him a lot, and we talk a bit. I'd love to talk to him more.”

Oh honey, this is a CLASSIC situation of butterflies in the stomach from seeing someone who matches your freak to a tee. I am sure all of us reading this paper, or anyone who breathes oxygen, has felt this way at one point or another. I know for a fact that I have. What would I do here? Well, I’ll tell you a story of what NOT to do, and that should be able to help you make your decision on what to do. We need to go back seven years, to when I was a high school freshman and had a friend who was head over heels for this one girl. He would constantly talk about how smart, funny and how he could already hear wedding bells when he would talk to her (he was only a teenage boy, so I give him grace, but also…Honey, no, not like that). This went on for the whole year until February because he thought that Valentine’s Day would magically make his dreams come true. Not only did his dreams not come true, and he got put in the friendzone, but he also passed out from the stress of asking her out in the middle of geometry class. It was a blunder, but now he’s getting his PhD at MIT, so he is doing pretty well for himself.

Why did this happen? Because he asked her out on Valentine’s Day. You never ask someone out on a holiday, never. It causes too much stress for anyone to handle, due to the expectations that come with the big day. Also, do you really want the possibility of rejection tied to a holiday? I’ve been dumped the day before MLK Day, and I have done the dumping on the 4th of July; now every time these days come around, I need to take the good and the bad with both. Have you ever felt regret when watching fireworks of all things? It sucks, especially if the fireworks show is already boring. Do you want my professional opinion? Don’t even bother until after the break. Take time for yourself, queen. It does us all wonders. See if you actually want to ask him out afterwards, or if this is just a little bit of Valentine’s jitters instead. This applies to all of you who think the same thing: being single is okay! Date yourself, I like it at least. What will I be doing this Valentine’s Day? It is going to be a quiet day for me, myself, my dogs and “Heated Rivalry.”

That’s all I have to say this week, until next print!

[If you want to submit questions for Oh Honey, you can scan the QR code provided or email vivolod@canisius.edu for questions. To be considered for the current week’s print, submit by 11:59 PM Feb. 10]

-DV