Tuesday, February 14, 2006
It's the Most Wonderful Day of the Year....
Good morning everyone! It's Valentine's Day. It's acceptable to eat chocolate before noon and shades of pink and red are the order of the day. In short, I'm in heaven.
A lot of people hate Valentine's Day. They think it's a fake holiday that pressures people to buy expensive presents. This may all be true. Singletons complain of being reminded of being single. This makes them unhappy.
I say, hating Valentine's Day is lame. First of all, it's trite. It's easy to say that you hate it and them name any of the aforementioned reasons.
Some may say they were dumped on Valentine's Day and are thus forever scorned. That makes no sense at all. Why dislike an entire day because of one bad experience? I was once dumped on my birthday (my 21st, at that) does that mean I will always dislike June 21st, my birthday?
If someone dumped you or did you wrong on Valentine's Day, forget about them and forget about the experience. They didn't like you anyway, so don't honor their memory but writing off an entire holiday. Who knows, at your next at bat, you might hit a homerun. No one ever remembers their strikes out anyway, only the big hits.
Maybe I'm getting on my soapbox, but my point is this: Valentine's Day, real or fabricated, wasn't created just so that the lovers of the world could have all the fun or so that restaurants could fill thier tables on an otherwise boring February night. It's an open invitaion to tell people you appreciate them, and that you value your relationship with them. Whether you do that with chocolates or flowers or a big, honking diamond is your choice.
Other people who don't like Valtine's Day:
India police burn Valentine greeting cards, saying they are western and spread immorality.
Japanese women don't like giving their men chocolates and getting nothing in return.
