Valentines Day sucks. Okay, I'm not a romantic. Whatever. But this manufactured holiday totally bugs me. Shouldn't you just remember to say "I love you" and do nice sweet things for the people that you love all year long? Does it mean as much if someone (Hallmark and every other retailer) says hey! TODAY, FEBRUARY 14TH, you should tell someone you love them because today you obviously love them more than any other day of the year. It's so sweet and important and lovely ... so DO NOT forget to give them overpriced roses, jewelry, chocolate, dinner, lingerie, yada, yada, yada...or it's obvious that you don't really love them, and you're kind of an asshole.
I think about all of my single friends who's single-ness is turned into something really sad and ugly on this day when really they should be celebrating their independence and the other love that surrounds them. And I think about my son, who may some day feel obligated to prove his love for some girl by spending money on a "thing" instead of doing all those cute little things that really make people feel special. And I think about my daughter and how she might feel if she doesn't get a card or chocolates or flowers when all of her girlfriends do. And I think about my husband who does so many lovely, wonderful, sweetheart things every day...does he really need to do something more on this particular day to prove his love? Not to me.
And what do you get your kids for this holiday? Chocolate? Candy? A teddy bear holding a heart? Have you heard this one?
"What says love to you? A teddy bear holding a heart. Available...literally EVERYWHERE! Because nothing says love like a teddy bear holding a heart." Hysterical.
Yep, that's my anti-Valentines rant. Screw it! Every day should be Valentines Day!
