Valentine's day, though a hallmark holiday, is a day filled with roses, kisses, and dark chocolate (yum).
Some people these days don't support Valentine's day. They say it's a "corporate holiday" created to make more money. Yes, it might be that, but it's also a day to express your affection to someone special in your life. Some people also say that you should express your devotion to your SO everyday, not just one day. I agree with that, but Valentine's day is a day that just makes you feel special.
I've had some great Valentines and I've had my horrible ones.
One of my best was about three years ago. My boyfriend of the time and I didn't do anything spectacular, just rented a movie and went to watch the sunset at our spot in a local park on the Hudson River. However, that night the sunset wasn't just your average orange sunset. It was a fiery reddish-pink painted onto the sky. It was so romantic!
My worst Valentines was this last year. My boyfriend had a "DJ gig" that he failed to mention to me. He also, apparently, "lost his phone" so he couldn't call me. I spent all day for him to surprise me, show up at my door, or even send flowers. I had convinced myself that it was a joke that he had completely neglected Valentine's day. Well, that day I got no flowers, no chocolate, no surprises, nor did I receive one phone call. Him, on the other hand got a huge gift basket mailed to him filled with his favorite munchies. Sigh.
What about you? What were your worst and best Valentine's day?
What is your opinion on Valentine's day, is it a corporate creation or a lovable holiday?
The reason that Valtentine's Day exist is not corporate. According to one of my art teachers, back in Rome they had a day called Lubercabia Day (This may be spelled HORRIBLY wrong) and on this day young men would dress in skimpier outfits with leather and go around with wips for the young girls to teach them "a lesson" for being so naughty. The girls would run away giggling. It was a day to flirt and possibly meet your SO. When Christianity came, the Pope tried to abolish it since it was a Pagan holiday but the people wouldn't stop celebrating it. So he had made a Christian holiday, St. Valentine's Day. St. Valentine is rumered to have married couples under God (I think) when such practices was prohibeted by the Roman emperor. There are no such records of a so Mr. Valentine but he got his holiday. Now, if it has turned corporate that's a different story.
I have yet to have a good Valentine's Day but I like the holiday. If you go out of your way to express your devotion to your SO every single day, then it'll stop having much meaning. Its those days that you feel a little detach that makes the days when you're being all mushy much more special. Sorry for a long comment.
Valentine's day has become very commercialized and every restaurant, florist, confectionery is out there just to make a quick big buck. Going out for that kind of dinner with hiked prices have made Valentine's day so meaningless and unromantic. Plus, I personally find it a tad irritating when these touting flower sellers interrupt the evening hard selling their dying roses. Every day is Valentine's day for me when I have my SO by my side : ))
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The reason that Valtentine's Day exist is not corporate. According to one of my art teachers, back in Rome they had a day called Lubercabia Day (This may be spelled HORRIBLY wrong) and on this day young men would dress in skimpier outfits with leather and go around with wips for the young girls to teach them "a lesson" for being so naughty. The girls would run away giggling. It was a day to flirt and possibly meet your SO. When Christianity came, the Pope tried to abolish it since it was a Pagan holiday but the people wouldn't stop celebrating it. So he had made a Christian holiday, St. Valentine's Day. St. Valentine is rumered to have married couples under God (I think) when such practices was prohibeted by the Roman emperor. There are no such records of a so Mr. Valentine but he got his holiday. Now, if it has turned corporate that's a different story.
I have yet to have a good Valentine's Day but I like the holiday. If you go out of your way to express your devotion to your SO every single day, then it'll stop having much meaning. Its those days that you feel a little detach that makes the days when you're being all mushy much more special.
Sorry for a long comment.
Valentine's day has become very commercialized and every restaurant, florist, confectionery is out there just to make a quick big buck. Going out for that kind of dinner with hiked prices have made Valentine's day so meaningless and unromantic. Plus, I personally find it a tad irritating when these touting flower sellers interrupt the evening hard selling their dying roses. Every day is Valentine's day for me when I have my SO by my side : ))