Guess what I’m doing for Valentine’s Day? We’re kicking off with a romantic dinner at a critically acclaimed restaurant, then heading to a suite at a five-star hotel … Kidding.
The miserable truth is I’m going to parent information night at school. Excellent timing guys.
Not that it really matters. We had nothing planned anyway.
We stopped celebrating Valentine’s Day after going to a fancy Sydney restaurant called Marque – pre-kids – one year. It reminded us just how unromantic restaurants can be on February 14. All the tables separated into two-seaters a mere handspan apart. Only being able to order from the set, expensive menu.
Our particular misfortune was the couple seated to our left. The man was age-challenged and in a wheelchair. The woman – well, Husband reckons she was a trannie – was of the trashy platform heels and blue-eye-shadow school. She also said “f@#k” a lot in a high, screechy voice.
The swearing started with the entree, which was some sort of coddled quail egg thingy.
“Oh my god, it’s f@#king raw,” he/she screeched.
Next came a carpaccio dish.
“I can’t f@#king believe it, this is f@#king raw too. If they f@#king serve me anything else that’s f@#king raw I’m going to f@#king say something to the f@#king chef.”
So we got a bit nervous when the rare lamb arrived.
“We’re paying f@#king big money for this dinner and they’re serving us f@#king raw food,” she griped, but thankfully didn’t drag the chef over.
We felt sorry for the age-challenged guy in the wheelchair who obviously thought he didn’t deserve better in a life companion. Or maybe it was just a for-the-night companion.
What we didn’t feel was romantically inclined towards each other as we exited the restaurant. A little bleak, actually.
In fact, we swore never to book dinner on Valentine’s Day again.
But I’m starting to think it would be preferable to parent information night. Even if Sprog 1’s teacher is young, male and has a tongue-piercing. Oo-er!
Are you celebrating Valentine’s Day?
PS I was tempted to call this post “F@#king the romance out of Valentine’s Day” but I was worried about offending my more genteel readers.
PPS Loving these e-card thingies.
housegoeshome 
Parent info night, too good. Our plans are hoping to get the girls in bed early and cracking open some wine and cheese and watching a DVD. Valentine’s? or just another night at our house?