Valentines Day Tips

Valentines Day Information

I do not know about the rest of you but I am just about sick of all of the various holidays. Every month it seems as though there is a new one coming around the bend. Stores begin decorating for holidays months beforehand and it drives me crazy. I don’t want to pick through Christmas decorations in August, thank you very much.

One of the most annoying holidays is valentines day. Do not get me wrong – I am in a loving, wonderful relationship – I just do not like being told that on some random day in February I have to prove it to my mate and the rest of the world. Valentines day is meant to be romantic and all that jazz but the holiday itself does not have the most romantic of histories. I won’t go into it but it involves Catholics and martyrdom. Yikes.

I feel a bit awkward whenever my honey and I are watching tv and a damned commercial for valentinesday comes on. There we are, sitting in silence, waiting for it to be over. We love each other plenty but a stupid stuffed animal really does not do it for me anymore. I am not twelve, thank you.

Valentines Day Advice

I am a grownup. If someone wants to do something amazing and unforgettable for me on valentinesday it does not involve chocolates and roses. They could pay my car payment. That would last a lifetime. Chocolates just make me fat and flowers die, so what is the fascination? Someone please tell me.

Valentines day is the most overdone of all holidays, even more so than Christmas. Bold statement, I know. But I think that it is true. It even alienates more people than Christmas. There have to be more single people out there than there are people from a single, non-christmas-celebrating religion. Now how do they feel, huh? We go out of our way to make non-christians feel accepted during the holiday season, what about the dateless? What about them?

I think that we need to tone down the whole valentines day thing. Being in a relationship or being in love is a personal thing and not everyone feels deeply in love on a random cold Thursday in mid-February. Leave me alone Russell Stovers! You too, rose-growers! I am happy in my relationship and I do not need your industries telling me I need stuff or to do more to prove it.