As someone who has never dated in his life (as if that's the most concerning thing for me in the first place, what with making sure to keep a roof over my head, keeping my car and getting food to eat being far great priorities), I absolutely despise Valentine's Day, that being said, I wanted to make sure my mom has a good week, so instead of taking her out on the day itself (given every sit down restaurant will be insane on Thursday) I took her out for dinner tonight and to a basketball game. I know you're all going to think that's lame, but given her health problems over the last 2 years and now having to be cooped up in a nursing home, I felt it to be a duty to bring her something to enjoy even if it was only a few hours. Look, I've got my own problems to deal with, but I still feel that I should whenever I can do something generous for my mom, especially in not knowing how much longer she has left.