Anti-Valentine's Day

February 3, 2005 8:17 AM

Soliciting ideas for an Anti-Valentine's Day Party.

You know, something to make us singles happy on the Worst Holiday Ever. Good movies? Food selections (I'm thinking Rocky Road ice cream)? Drinking games?

posted by grrarrgh00 to Society & Culture (20 answers total)

I went to a bar a few years ago that had pasted up paper Valentine-y hearts that the staff had decorated with scrawled phrases like "Fuck Love." It set a nice mood, I think, if you're looking for "angry."
posted by occhiblu at 8:25 AM on February 3, 2005

I went to a very successful Anti-Valentine's Day Party last year. We were encouraged to come in our tackiest formal attire. At the front door the hostess put out stacks of nametag stickers ("Hello my name is...") with phrases like "Desperate," "Take a chance on me," "I know what boys like," "On the rebound," "God's gift to women," "Lots o' baggage," "Leaving the priesthood," etc. There were markers so we could create our own. ("The doctor says it's not contagious," "Not jailbait, honest!")

Lots of booze, lots of valentine's candy, and sappy but danceable love songs.
posted by hydrophonic at 8:54 AM on February 3, 2005

For decorations you could get old Harlequins (easily purchased at your local thrift shop for very little), rip off the covers, and alter them to your taste (use your imagination - captions, conversation bubbles, horns and tails scribbled in), and post them.

Great theme for a party, by the way. Wish I had some single friends - I would so do this.
posted by orange swan at 8:55 AM on February 3, 2005

Might want to check out Quirkyalone and the International Quirkyalone Day.
posted by Miko at 9:16 AM on February 3, 2005

Some sort of Jack the Ripper theme.
posted by yerfatma at 9:26 AM on February 3, 2005

Maybe rent some DVDs of movies featuring terrible, terrible relationships, and run a particularly awful scene every hour or so.
posted by Miko at 9:50 AM on February 3, 2005

Good question, grrarrgh00, and good response, miko. What are some good movies about horrible relationships? I want to make sure I beat everyone else to them at my local video store:-)
posted by invisible ink at 10:03 AM on February 3, 2005

You have to use that wretched line of Julia Roberts' - "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."
posted by orange swan at 10:09 AM on February 3, 2005

invisible ink:
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
The War of the Roses
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover (that is, the relationship between the thief and his wife is horrible, not between his wife and her lover)
Misery (though that might be stretching "relationship" a bit far)
Sunset Blvd. (ditto)
posted by DevilsAdvocate at 10:21 AM on February 3, 2005

Pinata in the shape of a heart. Beat the crap out of it.

Decorate with great failures in relationship pictures or make a trivia game out of breakup details: Ike & Tina Turner, Ben & J-Lo, Jennifer Anniston & Bred Pitt, Michael Jackson & Lisa Marie Presley

Have a "worst ex" story contest. Write an anonymous, gender-free account of the worst date, worst breakup or stupidest thing an ex did, post em on the wall and have people vote on 'em. Winner gets, dinner for one? A body pillow? A vibrator? (depending on the gender of the guests and tolerance for snark)

Everything should be individual servings ;)

Oh, make you never want to date, EVER, movies?

FATAL ATTRACTION
AUDITION
KIDS
posted by Gucky at 10:38 AM on February 3, 2005

Too bad you're all friends. You could do "Speed Hating."

Spend 4 minutes with each person, griping about humanity and write the most annoying trait about one another anonymously.
posted by Gucky at 10:40 AM on February 3, 2005

No such party would be complete without Bittersweets.
posted by plinth at 10:51 AM on February 3, 2005

These are great ideas, guys.

You have to use that wretched line of Julia Roberts' - "I'm just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her."

*shudders*
posted by Specklet at 11:00 AM on February 3, 2005

What are some good movies about horrible relationships?

Sid and Nancy
posted by arco at 11:53 AM on February 3, 2005

What are some good movies about horrible relationships?

Happiness
posted by LionIndex at 12:19 PM on February 3, 2005

One year a single friend of mine invited a bunch of her single friends to dinner at a really nice (but not romantic, thus not overcrowded) restaurant. Sort of a 'we all hate V-Day' group date. This seemed like a fantastic idea - treat ourselves well, eat some good food, and make a few new friends.

Then at the last minute she was asked on a date and ditched us all via answering machine messages. (This was before cell phones/email, so we couldn't say 'hey, let's all meet up anyway' without her help, and she was AWOL on her date.)

That was a crappy thing to do! But the original idea was cool...
posted by hsoltz at 1:21 PM on February 3, 2005

Make up your own evil conversational hearts like "LOVE STINKS" or "GOT CLAP". Well, jpegs, at least.
posted by Fat Guy at 2:57 PM on February 3, 2005

Order some Bittersweets candy.

hsoltz, that was an incredibly ASSHOLE thing for your friend to do.
posted by orange swan at 4:29 PM on February 3, 2005

One Valentine's Day I tagged along with another MeFite to a big party thrown by Single Volunteers of DC. Other than the fire alarm, it was a pretty good time, and I met a nice girl. It's probably not the embrace-your-bitterness experience that some of you are seeking, but I was glad I went.
posted by NortonDC at 5:15 PM on February 3, 2005

Jack and Tom party. Serve Jack Daniels and play only Tom Waits music. More horribly sad than angry/bitter/defiant, but fun nonetheless.
posted by ohio at 6:53 PM on February 3, 2005