So, Valentine's Day is coming up of Thursday.
I hope everyone has plans! I, for one, have a date with a certain carton of ice cream.
What does Valentine's Day actually mean? It would seem as though it is a day where one must do something with their significant other: Go out for dinner, buy flowers, cards, or candy, or engage in other "extra-curricular" activities ;). If you know what I mean. I mean sports. It also allows a day for guys to cornily ask out girls.
I like Valentine's Day because the day after Valentine's Day is known to me as "Cheap Candy Day." I mean you walk into Walgreen's with a few bucks in your pocket and walk out with enough sugar to do something requiring a lot of sugar. I also like Valentine's Day because it is fun to buy your teacher a Singing Valentine from the quiet kid in class. Not that I would ever do that.
The one thing I don't like about Valentine's Day is that it basically forces something to happen in a relationship. It is expected that something will happen - and if something doesn't happen it is seen as crazy!!!! If you want to go to dinner to show your love, just go to dinner. If you want to give someone flowers, just give them flowers. If you do it out-of-the-blue, not on Valentine's Day, you will be seen as spontaneous and romantic. If you do it on Valentine's Day it will seem trite and expected. I mean, I would rather receive flowers randomly than on Valentine's Day.
I've never dated anyone though so I don't really know what I am saying. Oh well.
I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day!
