As a guy who hasn't had a girlfriend on Valentine's Day since 1986, I think it's just so much humbug.
Ladies, you had your chance. You blew it. Now I'd sooner drink my self blind on moonshine as date any of the single girls I know, and there aren't many at 50. And I'm not supposed to drink. Dating is supposed to feel good, but it never does.
Charles the Curmudgeon. Repeal the 19th Amendment, and the 16th, 17th and 26th, while you're at it.