Happy Valentines Day 2026!

Happy Valentine's Day

to those of you who are dying alone, 

or are celebrating with a DAB or two!

Here is a lovely card I crafted just for you!
It's a special reminder of why 

being alone isn't always bad!!

Have a great day!

Love, Danny

 

A Horriful Valentine's Day!

 

Hey fellow Dying Aloners!
I have the perfect movie for this Valentine's Day!
If you like a lot of blood with your romantic comedies, then THIS is the movie for you!

I saw this yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it.

It's a delicious bon bon filled with romance, laughs and gore.

I've always been a big horror fan, 

my basic rule for enjoying horror is that it must contain elements of dark humor, irony and a sense of hope (The hero may not make it to the end, but there at least has to be hope that they will.)

I also love a grounded horror/comedy that lets the threat of horrible death remain in the forefront.

My absolute favorite is SHAUN OF THE DEAD.

In addition to naughty, sexy cards, I also like t make horror inspired cards

on Craft Night (more on Craft Night 2025 to come!)

So, here's a Valentine, inspired by John Carpenter's THEY LIVE, made just for YOU!

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!

Happy Valentine's Day 2022!!

If you're alone on this special day,

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Today is the day to enjoy yourself

the way you want to!

...or even ignore the day, as you please!

Today I celebrate

the peace and happiness I find within myself,

the comfort I feel in solitude

and unchallenged dominance of the TV remote control.

I enjoy being free of fretting

that I didn't pick the right gift,

 chose the wrong card,

didn't make the day special enough,

spoke the wrong words,

scared someone into thinking I love them more than they love me, 

or they love me more than I love them,

worrying that it's just over...

Today I celebrate the love I have

from my family and friends,

the happiness that fills my heart when I dog sit,

the taste sensation when I eat what I want,

and the pleasure at the touch only I know how to give...

If you are partnered with someone you love, 
congratulations to you, as well! 

Cherish that!

If you are not partnered.

enjoy yourself and have a 

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY

 

Happy Valentine's Day

 

This year, I'm disappointed that I didn't get to enjoy a Craft Night with my friends,

I didn't even much feel like crafting cards on my own.

Luckily, since I don't have anyone to send Valentine's Day cards to, anyway,

I had a nice backlog of cards from previous years to send out to a few friends!

So I get to wish them, and now you, a

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

May you get to share it with someone
(no matter how real or not!)

that you love!!

Gay of A Certain Age - Craft Night: The Cards

As I promised, here are the fabulous and totally naughty cards that were created on Craft Night 2020.  Some folk created nice cards that they could pose with. Like Glenn.

See? That was nice.
I even made a card for my Ma and one for my friend Geoffy and his bitey dog that I call Bitey,

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(Sorry, the insides of those cards are personal...)

Some cards were innocent and blank inside

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 Some were, uhm, unpredictable

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And then some toed the line on naughty

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And then there were the ones that were visually or totally naughty...

You can see those HERE

I'm a Sucker For Love

Look!  I made y'all a card!!

Whether you're alone or just spending it with one of your Die Alone Buddies, 

I hope you have a splendid day!

Gay of A Certain Age - A Reconsideration of Romance and Love; or Who Was On First?

What is wrong with me?
See this guy?

 His name is Jim.  We held hands and made out & stuff for over 13 months.  We are still friendly now, just not stick our tongues in each others mouths friendly, anymore.  I always call Jim my first and only significant romantic relationship.  Then, I embarked on a project to make my home less cluttered (BIG MISTAKE) and I decided to clear out my photo albums- I took all the photos out and dumped the albums and am now in the very long process of scanning in the photos I wanna keep (which is all of them) and (trying to) tossing the paper photos in the recycle bin.  That when I came across this guy...

His name is Ed.  I forgot how we actually met, but I remember I really liked him and we held hands and made out & stuff  for a few months.

 I know it was a few months because of the photos.  I don't even remember why we stopped seeing each other, but I do know it wasn't a huge dramatic break up...  But why didn't I consider this a significant romantic relationship  before this very moment, 20 years after not dating much, not having more than one other boyfriend and starting a blog called DieAloneWithME.Com??  Maybe Ed and I didn't see each other every day, or as often as Jim and I did over that year.  Maybe I was just an ungrateful piggy and didn't realize what I had.  Maybe it wasn't all that great...  Hmmm.
Anyway, no matter how I felt after not seeing Ed anymore, I've decided that Ed is my first significant romantic relationship.  ...Especially because he was my first OFFICIAL Valentine! 

It's true!  He was the first guy to give me a Valentine's Day card and kiss me with full-on romantic notions behind it all.    I know that because he wrote it all in this; my first official
Valentine's Day Card.

No, I shan't let you read the inside, it's personal. (Has that stopped me before?)

And if being my first Valentine wasn't enough, he took me to my first (AND ONLY) Celine Dion Concert!! 

I know that sounds sarcastic, and I was dubious when he surprised me with the tickets, but I REALLY enjoyed that concert very much!  

Obviously, my friends liked him, 'cause here we are enjoying a game night of sorts...

(Geoff Meed having a physical Outburst)

Hmmm... I don't think I wanna ponder too much on why we parted, I'll just enjoy this nice memory brought to me by the horrifically bad idea of de-cluttering my home.

And yes, these did spark joy...

P.S. Astute readers may notice that my top pic and my other pic with Jim are both birthday celebrations for me.  Skeptical readers might ask, "If you were together for only 13 months, how did you spend two birthdays together?"  Most readers wouldn't give a shit... but I'll explain anyway.  I had two celebrations one year.  Jim had a nice dinner for me at Off Vine, where he invited some of my closest friends and a few of his lovely friends I still love and enjoy.  The second was a surprise celebration my, then, roommate Kris threw for me at El Coyote with my, then, boyfriend, Jim and a bunch of his own friends (whom were all nice and fun...)  So I'm not lying about this stuff, no matter what the surface appearance my indicate.   

...or wait... Did Jim and I start in September, with my birthday right away, then.. aw Crap!

You Go, Cupid!

My Heart Tattoo

This Is Why I Am Single - Craft Night 2019 - The Cards

This Is Why I Am Single; I would prefer to stay in on a Saturday and craft Valentines for nobody with friends, than go out and look for love (And somebody to give a Valentine to.)

I think I've been doing Craft Night for 13 years and it's grown into a lovely tradition for many folk and I'm glad to do it.  Aside from the therapeutic elements, like cutting out shapes and exercising the creative part of our brains, it is a great opportunity to see friends, catch up and laugh.  Unfortunately, the actual event can get a bit crowded and I get busy playing host and making sure that everyone is taken care of with materials, drink & stuff, so I don't get to actually craft much during.  I sometimes craft a little before, if I'm set up early and I always craft for a few days after, as I slowly tear down the set up.  That said, sometimes I'm struck with inspiration and I must sit down next to a pal and knock one out.  Once in a while I'll make a naughty card, but lately I've been trying to craft clean, because if I do actually send out a card, it'll be to my Ma- and she don't need no naughty card. 

This year, I was fairly clean:

Those aren't really suited for my Ma, so I went with one I made last year:

It's clean & simple, mayhaps a little elegant?

Anyway, while I have been moving toward cleaning up mu act, it seems everyone else has taken the challenge of seeing how naughty they can get!  The naughty ranges from a little innuendo to straight on pornographic.  ...so much so, I wonder if I can actually post them here...

What do you think?

 Jared 

 Dudley

 Kevin

 Mike

 Barbara

 I'm not Sure

 Mike

 Glenn

 Dudley

 Natalie

 Mine

 Dudley

You can see the much naughtier ones here