Depending on the situation, people are either giddy with romantic fantasies and expectations, or as the day draws closer, sink into a deeper state of hopelessness of ever finding a mate. Of course, there are the down-trodden, dumped and destitute who view Valentine s Day a little differently. It is a Hallmark Holiday. Others see the holiday devoted to friends. February is cold and cloudy.
People are grumpy.
It is just a bad time of year to deal with love. The bitterness seems without end. Of course, maybe everyone expects too much. Alas, there are still a few romantics in the Northeastern crowd. Chad Fischer, athletic training major and middler, tells his idea of a romantic evening.