So here is my beef with February 14!!! First let me say I'm not ranting about it because I am an unhappy single person. I am not unhappy and I am NOT single. For years I have exchanged valentines and had someone to share this day with. So don't read this and say "oh she is just mad cause she doesn't have someone to share this day with"... I DO! Now that we have established that let me tell you why I don't like it.
So there is a day in the year that we set aside to tell someone how much you love them. How does this make any sense to ANYONE!!! When I am in a relationship with someone I love them everyday not just one day and it shouldn't take a national holiday for me to express that. Now while at work the other day a girl told me "well its because you haven't been married for years, it gets hard once you have been together that long". So what she is telling me is that once I am married I don't have to show my love for someone?? Let me point something out... My parents have been married for like 23 years and my dad still buys my mom flowers just to say "I love you and I'm thinking about you". So if your giving up after only a few I don't know what to tell you!!
"The U.S. Greeting Card Association estimates that approximately one billion valentines are sent each year worldwide, making the day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year behind Christmas". I would like someone to tell me why this is? Why do we have a day set aside to make sure couples can say "I love you". This day is nothing more than the card and candy industry telling people to buy things and tell their significant other that they care.
What if Valentines Day wasn't around anymore? Would you every buy your special someone a card to tell them you love them? Would you ever think of buying them flowers? Girls out there if your in a relationship with someone that is only buying you something because society says they should, I think you need to step back and ask yourself why am I not getting something just because? The world shouldn't need a holiday to say "I love you". Nor should there be a holiday that has no meaning behind it more than just the card and candy market making money!!
P.S. I do want everyone reading this to know that I am a lovey mushy person, but my point is that we shouldn't need a national holiday to show that!!!
