Valentine's Day

Well, here we are, Valentine's Day. This seems to be a holiday that there are many mixed feelings and opinions about. In many ways it's a typical "hallmark" holiday, full of consumerism and spending money needlessly. The idea is to celebrate love and romance. Though this just disgusts many single people. To me, it doesn't make sense to have a day to celebrate love and romance because these are things that we should be celebrating all the time, not just once a year. Arguably, Valentine's Day has become a day for those who don't have a "valentine" to bitch and complain about it and for all of us to complain about the downside of love and relationships. I think Valentine's Day should be used to celebrate love generally, celebrate good friends, family, and significant others, instead of just being focused on one's significant other. And it's become so stereotypical, flowers, chocolate, maybe jewelry. Where's the creativity? Says a lot more, at least to me it does, to give something that is unique and fitting to the person receiving and to the person giving. Maybe I sound cynical but I'm a little emotionally confused and broken at the moment so I think it's allowed. Anyway, hope everyone enjoys Valentine's Day however you may be spending it.