Oh great, another excuse to see pictures of smug couples rubbing their sickening selfish happiness in our faces on social media (Picture: Getty)

So apparently October 3 is National Boyfriend Day.

Why? Because the internet says so, people are tweeting about it and therefore it must be a thing.

What a load of balls.

Here’s why National Boyfriend Day is the most pointless, meaningless, unnecessary made up national day of all time.


1. Single people don’t need another day for you to rub it in

Many people are happily single and are far too busy having amazing careers and travelling to far off lands to worry about the fact elderly relatives can’t get their heads round the concept they may be perfectly happy flying solo forever.

However, others would actually quite like a boyfriend and have spent months / years filtering through men on nights out, online apps and friends only to be left with nothing but (admittedly quite hilarious) dating stories and a load of unrequested dick pics.



For them, National Boyfriend Day is a kick in the teeth. I mean you people already get Valentine’s Day AND all those couples privileges from tax breaks and cheaper hotel rooms to being able to get out of things you don’t want to do by blaming your other half (yes, that’s right, we know you do that).

2. Every day is National Boyfriend Day

What is the point of being in a relationship if you’re not going to appreciate one another?

If you need a whole day to remind yourself that your other half exists, and deserves a cake and a cuddle, there is something seriously lacking in your relationship.

3. This day is part of a larger societal trend of making single women feel bad about themselves just for being single

Single men in TV and film are still depicted as wild stallions having a great old time bedding anyone and everyone (as long as they meet Hollywood’s narrow definition of ‘hot’ of course).

Single women, on the other hand, are depicted as ‘party girls’ (aka sluts) or sad, lonely losers.

The interesting thing about this is that, while everyone, male, female, single or in a couple, can be lonely, in my experience single women usually have the most extensive and developed social lives and friendship groups.

4. We don’t need another pointless national day

Talk Like A Pirate Day? Why not? World Gin Day? Hell yes. But National Boyfriend Day? No.

Is this just the greetings card companies infiltrating social media to get us to waste more money and resources on unnecessary, overpriced tat?

Let’s hope so. I’d rather that was the case than any rational person thinking this was a good idea.

How dare you be happy, you knobs (Picture: Getty)

5. Men, you already have Steak And Blowjob Day

As far as I can tell, Steak And Blowjob Day (March 14 FYI) was set up as a kind of men’s Valentine’s Day.

Couples, why can’t you both have a lovely time on Valentine’s Day and leave it at that?!

Still, if you must have yet another day for boyfriends, surely this is more than covered by March 14, crude as it is.

Side note – if this is now a thing, when are women going to get a Cupcake And Cunnilingus Day?

6. It’s nothing like National Girlfriends Day

National Girlfriends Day (note the ‘s’) is on August 1 and is a US thing where women celebrate their female friends.



In other words, that day is about how great gal pals are.

The equivalent would be National Bromance Day or Broday which would surely be preferable for everyone concerned.

7. It really is the worst of the worst

Honestly, if we’re all going to just start making up pointless, unnecessary national days I think we should all have a go.

How about People You See On The Bus But Never Really Talk To Day? Or National Small Origami Swans Day?

Any other suggestions? Let me know in the comments below.

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