Sweethearts -- better known to the rest of us as tiny, heart-shaped candies made from processed sugar and some other magical ingredient that renders them indestructible -- have come to define Feb. 14th. From children to adults, what better way to express your love than with a mini periwinkle-colored heart proclaiming "Be Mine?"
But those classic phrases were the result of years of brainstorming, experimenting and toying with the most romantic combinations of words.
This Valentine's Day, Twitter imagines all the unsuccessful and lost candy hearts of generations past with the popular hashtag #candyheartrejects.
You don't need the calories #candyheartrejects— Tom Brady's Ego (@TomBradysEgo) February 13, 2013
#CandyHeartRejects twitter.com/pourmecoffee/s…— pourmecoffee (@pourmecoffee) February 14, 2013
#CandyHeartRejects twitter.com/DL_Thurston/st…— DL Thurston (@DL_Thurston) February 14, 2013
I'M LATE#candyheartrejects— Robert Buckley (@robertbuckley) February 14, 2013
No One Needs to Know #candyheartrejects— Brokelyn (@Brokelyn) February 14, 2013
#CandyHeartRejects twitter.com/ZACHARYDUPUIS/…— za☪h ♡ (@ZACHARYDUPUIS) February 14, 2013
#candyheartrejects your mom paid me to take you out— Coco (@cocokonskii) February 14, 2013
PLEASE B THINNER #CandyHeartRejects— Brian Lynch (@BrianLynch) February 14, 2013
#CandyHeartRejects twitter.com/FRIENDSshowsay…— F•R•I•E•N•D•S tweet™ (@FRIENDSshowsays) February 14, 2013
I'd Settle For U #candyheartrejects— Peter Mooney (@Peter_Mooney_) February 14, 2013
I Told Your Wife #candyheartrejects— Kalliope Amorphous (@KalliAmorphous) February 14, 2013
You look better with the lights off #candyheartrejects— Lauren McLaughlin (@lauren_mclaugh) February 14, 2013
#CandyHeartRejects CALL ME MAYBE— Women's Humor (@WomensHumor) February 14, 2013
I'm not that thrilled about this either#candyheartrejects— Frank Caliendo (@FrankCaliendo) February 14, 2013
I'M THINKIN' ARBY'S #candyheartrejects— blaine capatch (@blainecapatch) February 13, 2013
Get Tested #candyheartrejects— Funny Or Die (@funnyordie) February 13, 2011
Have any more ideas? Share them in the comments below.
Image courtesy of Flickr, FrankGuido
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