Its Worse Than I Thought
Yesterday, just a few hours after I re-posted the Anti-V-Day blog, I walked into my local Giant Food store to see this:
A bunch of poor schlubs lined up at the flower counter at about 830pm Valentine's Day desperately buying something, anything to take home to the significant other.
See what this 'holiday' has done to what were once manly specimens? What did I tell you? Sad, isn't it?
At least these fellas are in an actual store. A lot of guys were at traffic lights buying roses from that guy with flowers wrapped in plastic. Guys, I hate to be the one to break this to you but...She knows. She knows that raggedy rose came from the guy on the corner. She knows you always put this stuff off until the last minute. If she really loves you, she pretends to be really happy and grateful. But take my word for it--she knows.
posted by Derek McGinty @ 2:25 PM
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It's not bad... its sad...
That coming from a reclusive and thoroughly confirmed bachelor.
Im lucky..My wife of many years appreciates the fact that..for us..everyday is Valentines day...
She luvs those lil singing stuffed animals...the ones where you push the button on the hand?
A special dinner works to..
She has all the diamonds..gold..
bracelets..necklaces she wants!
I used to work for years at for a Wholesale Flower distributor..
believe me..she grew to hate flowers QUICKLY..
IT IS THE SIMPLE GESTURES IN LIFE THAT COUNTS! DO THEM DAILY!
true, true, true.....
thats why I have cats
Mz Usa
Cynical much Derek? Mayhaps you speak from experience? :)
Okay guys, let me clear this up a little bit. I don't hate Valentine's Day and I think sincere spontaneous expressions of love are wonderful and unfortunately, fairly rare. Its the cynical nature of the day itself that bugs me. Almost like Xmas...except more commericial.
Yeah, it's turned into another Hallmark day.
I don't object to people coming up with special things for special days, and it's always good when people can make some money whilst helping everyone to "celebrate" special days, but ...
I get the feeling you, like me, think Valentine's Day takes all the spontaneity out of everything.
It's so pernicious too. Kids in school get encouraged to make cards to send to people, anonymously (or did when I was a kid, but that was a long time ago and I refuse to admit just how long!).
So with the picture and scenario you describe, I know where *my* cynicism came from - It was the fact they all "had" to scramble to get gifts, to placate the day, because it was 'expected".
Kind of hard to feel the love when it's by default, isn't it?
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