Renata Piper
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May 2012
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Renata Piper [userpic]
in honor of st valentine's....

one of the journals i read asks, quite reasonably i think, if anyone is ever actually *surprised* by valentines. i have the impression that nowadays in school you are supposed to get one for every classmate, and i like to imagine most grownups speak for themselves on a routine basis.

y'all's opinions on this topic solicited, with a verse from the old folk song "katy cruel". let's have 1 be "i have no idea" and 10 be "i am absolutely dead certain".

for kicks, let's do this twice: in the first poll, speak for yourself!

Poll #1818837
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 23

i know who i love

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Mean: 9.00 Median: 10 Std. Dev 1.54
1
0 (0.0%)
2
0 (0.0%)
3
0 (0.0%)
4
1 (4.5%)
5
0 (0.0%)
6
1 (4.5%)
7
1 (4.5%)
8
2 (9.1%)
9
5 (22.7%)
10
12 (54.5%)

and i know who does love me

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Mean: 7.64 Median: 8 Std. Dev 2.23
1
0 (0.0%)
2
1 (4.5%)
3
0 (0.0%)
4
2 (9.1%)
5
1 (4.5%)
6
1 (4.5%)
7
4 (18.2%)
8
4 (18.2%)
9
3 (13.6%)
10
6 (27.3%)

i know where i'll go

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Mean: 6.36 Median: 6.5 Std. Dev 3.04
1
2 (9.1%)
2
0 (0.0%)
3
3 (13.6%)
4
2 (9.1%)
5
3 (13.6%)
6
1 (4.5%)
7
1 (4.5%)
8
3 (13.6%)
9
1 (4.5%)
10
6 (27.3%)

and i know who'll go with me

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Mean: 6.82 Median: 8 Std. Dev 3.01
1
2 (9.1%)
2
1 (4.5%)
3
2 (9.1%)
4
0 (0.0%)
5
2 (9.1%)
6
0 (0.0%)
7
3 (13.6%)
8
5 (22.7%)
9
1 (4.5%)
10
6 (27.3%)

say what ya gotta say



and in this second poll, speak for how accurate you think lyo's perceptions of her (that is, my) love life are :)

Poll #1818838
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: None, participants: 17

i know who i love

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Mean: 9.07 Median: 10 Std. Dev 1.44
1
0 (0.0%)
2
0 (0.0%)
3
0 (0.0%)
4
0 (0.0%)
5
1 (7.1%)
6
0 (0.0%)
7
1 (7.1%)
8
1 (7.1%)
9
3 (21.4%)
10
8 (57.1%)

and i know who does love me

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Mean: 7.00 Median: 7 Std. Dev 2.07
1
0 (0.0%)
2
0 (0.0%)
3
0 (0.0%)
4
3 (21.4%)
5
1 (7.1%)
6
1 (7.1%)
7
3 (21.4%)
8
2 (14.3%)
9
2 (14.3%)
10
2 (14.3%)

i know where i'll go

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Mean: 7.13 Median: 7 Std. Dev 2.31
1
0 (0.0%)
2
0 (0.0%)
3
1 (6.7%)
4
1 (6.7%)
5
2 (13.3%)
6
3 (20.0%)
7
2 (13.3%)
8
0 (0.0%)
9
2 (13.3%)
10
4 (26.7%)

and i know who'll go with me

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Mean: 7.13 Median: 7 Std. Dev 1.82
1
0 (0.0%)
2
0 (0.0%)
3
0 (0.0%)
4
1 (6.7%)
5
2 (13.3%)
6
4 (26.7%)
7
1 (6.7%)
8
3 (20.0%)
9
2 (13.3%)
10
2 (13.3%)

say what ya gotta say

Comments

Coming from a culture without Valentine's day, this whole thing feels very odd. We have a husbands' day and wives' day, and those are for people to be extra nice to their partners, but far more along the lines of mother's day and father's day than Valentine's day.

i think husbands' day and wives' day sound very sweet!

I like them too. It is a good old tradition with solid roots, connected to the old calendar. Husbands' day is on the first day of Þorri, and wives' day is on the first day of Góa.