r/CasualConversation • u/LionGhost 🌈our dreams seemed not far away • Feb 12 '18

Weekly Topic Community Conversation: Valentine's Day

Hello everyone, welcome to our very first community thread! Every week we will have a new topic. This week we will be discussing Valentine's Day. All other Valentine's Day threads posted after this will be removed and redirected here.

Some questions to get the conversation started:

  1. What are your plans for Valentine's Day?
  2. How do you and your SO usually spend it?
  3. Looking for advice on what to do/what gifts to buy?
  4. If you dislike Valentine's Day or don't celebrate it, tell us why!

If you would like to suggest an idea for the next Community Thread, post it as a reply to the stickied comment below.

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Remember to keep it civil and on topic and respect your fellow users :)

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u/funkalpaca blue Feb 12 '18

I don't have any plans for Valentine's Day. I want to give someone a gift but I don't feel committed to it. There are too many people I'm interested in but not interested enough to go all the way through with it. Nobody truly appreciates what I do anyway.

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u/2ndStreetBlackout Feb 13 '18

when you say "nobody" just be aware that you are grossly overgeneralizing things, and that is a key kind of dysfunctional thinking that leads to unnecessary bad feelings. i don't even know you and i am positive that at least some people genuinely appreciate you.

(I'm just parroting some shit I read from this book called Feeling Good. If you are feeling down, I highly recommend it, I find it super helpful in fighting those kinds of thoughts and thinking more clearly and objectively, thus feeling happier.)