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Eat, drink and be bitter was the mantra at Origin Trade’s anti-Valentine’s Day party Sunday evening.
The new café-lounge located in the ByWard Market wanted to do something a little different on a day that typically caters to couples in love.
“I see Valentine’s Day as this gimmicky, commercial day you’re supposed to love your significant other,” said Dan Cummins, co-owner of Origin Trade.
There was no sappy Valentine’s Day decor to be found at Origin. Candles lit the tables of singletons and friends looking to escape the usual Valentine’s Day scene in the market. At Origin Trade, Valentine’s Day didn’t completely suck, it was just framed a little differently.
“Valentine’s Day is about celebrating love, and anti-Valentine’s Day is about celebrating independence and yourself,” said a very non-single Cummins.
Origin Trade co-owner Dan Cummins and girlfriend Mikaela Fletcher share drinks at the bar on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016.
He was sharing the night with girlfriend Mikaela Fletcher and a few dozen patrons. Fletcher flew all the way from Nova Scotia to see him. She shares Cummins’ view that Valentine’s Day is a Hallmark holiday, and said it’s important to share the love with everyone around you, not just with your partner.
“We live in such a fast-paced society,” she said. “We’re too busy to take the time to share love with those around us. That’s what these holidays are for.”
Origin Trade is one of a number of establishments that have jumped on the anti-Valentine’s Day train. It’s a train 55-year-old Tom Prowse will now happily ride. He is an Ottawa-based lawyer who separated from his wife five years ago.
Following almost three decades of marriage, he is now happily at home at an anti-Valentine’s Day event. For most of his marriage, Prowse says he celebrated the day of romance, though he admits it was mostly due to necessity.
“I surprised my ex-wife with a proposal on Valentine’s Day,” he said. “That was 32 years ago.
“I guess I did it to myself,” joked Prowse, who now thinks the holiday is overrated. “I think it puts a lot of pressure on people who aren’t couples, either by circumstance or by choice.”
For people who are single like Prowse, an anti-Valentine’s Day provides a chance to connect with others who are in a similar place in their lives.
Patrick Shaw, a younger attendee, is 22 and single, albeit not bitterly so. While not a hopeless romantic, he said he doesn’t turn his nose up at love and wouldn’t have been opposed to meeting someone Sunday night.
“I’m more of a realist,” Shaw said. “I mean, there’s no such thing as love at first sight, but after a long time there can be a one and only.”
Not everyone at an anti-Valentine’s day party hates the holiday, not even Cummins.
But he understands there are some out there who hate Valentine’s Day, and said the event was for them. A party that brings people together on a day that can be depressing for those left out in the cold.
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The new café-lounge located in the ByWard Market wanted to do something a little different on a day that typically caters to couples in love.
“I see Valentine’s Day as this gimmicky, commercial day you’re supposed to love your significant other,” said Dan Cummins, co-owner of Origin Trade.
There was no sappy Valentine’s Day decor to be found at Origin. Candles lit the tables of singletons and friends looking to escape the usual Valentine’s Day scene in the market. At Origin Trade, Valentine’s Day didn’t completely suck, it was just framed a little differently.
“Valentine’s Day is about celebrating love, and anti-Valentine’s Day is about celebrating independence and yourself,” said a very non-single Cummins.
Origin Trade co-owner Dan Cummins and girlfriend Mikaela Fletcher share drinks at the bar on Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016.
He was sharing the night with girlfriend Mikaela Fletcher and a few dozen patrons. Fletcher flew all the way from Nova Scotia to see him. She shares Cummins’ view that Valentine’s Day is a Hallmark holiday, and said it’s important to share the love with everyone around you, not just with your partner.
“We live in such a fast-paced society,” she said. “We’re too busy to take the time to share love with those around us. That’s what these holidays are for.”
Origin Trade is one of a number of establishments that have jumped on the anti-Valentine’s Day train. It’s a train 55-year-old Tom Prowse will now happily ride. He is an Ottawa-based lawyer who separated from his wife five years ago.
Following almost three decades of marriage, he is now happily at home at an anti-Valentine’s Day event. For most of his marriage, Prowse says he celebrated the day of romance, though he admits it was mostly due to necessity.
“I surprised my ex-wife with a proposal on Valentine’s Day,” he said. “That was 32 years ago.
“I guess I did it to myself,” joked Prowse, who now thinks the holiday is overrated. “I think it puts a lot of pressure on people who aren’t couples, either by circumstance or by choice.”
For people who are single like Prowse, an anti-Valentine’s Day provides a chance to connect with others who are in a similar place in their lives.
Patrick Shaw, a younger attendee, is 22 and single, albeit not bitterly so. While not a hopeless romantic, he said he doesn’t turn his nose up at love and wouldn’t have been opposed to meeting someone Sunday night.
“I’m more of a realist,” Shaw said. “I mean, there’s no such thing as love at first sight, but after a long time there can be a one and only.”
Not everyone at an anti-Valentine’s day party hates the holiday, not even Cummins.
But he understands there are some out there who hate Valentine’s Day, and said the event was for them. A party that brings people together on a day that can be depressing for those left out in the cold.
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