I do not like Valentine's day.
I've never been allowed to say that, because I've always been single on V-day. And if you say you hate valentine's day while you're single, people automatically assume you're bitter and lonely. They would have been so right, because I was always so bitter and lonely on V-day. Every year. Boy, was I miserable. Not.
I just never got why it turned into such a big deal. Couples automatically got all mushy come this time of year and went to great lengths to have the perfect valentine date. Single people moped around and whined about how they didn't have anything to do on valentine's day with anyone special. It's stupid. Why does a certain day of the year have to bring that out? Life is normal, then suddenly its February 14 and most people freak out like they're either getting married the next day or they're going to die alone because on this one day out of their whole lives they don't have that someone special right now.
Maybe i'm just cynical. sure i guess it's nice for people to be able to have a special day. it's a good reason for some quality time with your significant other. I just don't like what it does to the single people. Or more laccurately, what they do with it. I was single for every other valentine's day of my life, and i was fine. Me and my (non-taken) boys would treat it just like every other saturday night when the other guys had dates. We survived. Somehow.
Valentine's day should just be less of a big deal. But as long as ads can suck consumers into chocolate and flower spending sprees, I don't think it'll die down.
then again, there's a giant basket of cookies and candy on my desk from my mom.
maybe valentine's day isn't so bad.
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