Los Angeles, CA – It didn’t take long for David Platt to feel the sharp blade of Valentine’s Day cut away the last bits of his self-esteem. What had begun as a routine trip outside to get the mail after work quickly became the challenge to endure melancholia, for when Mr. Platt reached into his mailbox and pulled out that handful of mail, he also pulled something out unexpected.
That something was a crisp, pink, sealed envelope addressed to one David Platt and his home residence, with no return address.
“I can’t deny that I was excited,” stated Mr. Platt. “I don’t usually get valentines. The last time I did I had to pay $50, and I only got to keep her for five minutes.”
Unfortunately, that excitement would not last. Upon opening the card, he found himself gazing at a card featuring an elderly woman holding out flowers. What was written was even worse.
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Dear David,
Your mother will always love you, even if no-one else does!
Love,
Mom
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While the gesture of motherly had good intentions, David Platt was forced into a whirlwind of depression and self-loathing.
“I would rather never get another valentine again than get one from my mother,” explained Platt. “How do you answer someone who would ask me, ‘Did you get any valentines?’ without having to go into a lengthy explanation that my family ‘isn’t like that’?”
While the embarrassment of receiving a valentine from his mother was high on the list of problems, Platt also explained that even the message inside complicated the day.
“I can handle being alone on Valentine’s Day. I’m a guy. I don’t expect to receive flowers or candy or lingerie at work. I can grab some take-out sushi and hang out at home watching kung-fu movies and pretend that Valentine’s Day isn’t even happening. But it’s really hard to dodge the fact that you’re alone when your Mom is pointing out that no-one else loves you but her.”
When we asked David’s mother, Mrs. Nancy Platt, about the valentine at her home in St. Louis, MO., she vehemently stated, “All I can say is that he didn’t send his mother a valentine.”
The purpose of telling someone you love them is to make them feel better pointing out that you think no else does is cruel and not a very motherly thing to do.
Mrs. Platt sounds like that mother from Peter Jackson’s Dead Alive. Provided she even let him move away.
The mother was probably more joking than serious…I think Mr. Platt is clearly too sensitive and might be a factor in why he’s lonley. If i recall, my mother said something similar to my brother on facebook at one point…I don’t think he cried about it.
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