[DespondentDaisy]

I's such a BS holiday. My broother's birthday was yesterday, my Uncle died three years ago today, and I have to go to work tomorrow 'cuz I agreed to switch days with a coworker so I could have two days off in a row! Ugh, I hate all the Valentine's day CRAP!
Valentines day don'ts: Don't but into the brainwashing commercial making you think you a HAVE to get your sweetie something on Feb.14th or don't think you're a loser cuz you don't have a 'Valentine." It's almost as bad as the tax system. Don't play into it, it's just a marketing holiday for people to waste money less than two months after the monster that is the Christmas holiday! My ex is so sweet, he's coming over 'cuz he wants to bring me some chocolates. It's not in a romantic sense, I think it's sweet, but me, I hate the day, but could'nt help but buy some cute heart cookies, just cuz this is the only time of year such cute cookies are available in such large quantities. I'm a sucker for cute things. But that doesn't make me a supporter of this 'holiday'! I've never liked the holiday, not since I was little anyways, before I really knew what it was all about. I hate the tv commercials, the incessant radio commercials for Diamonds at various jewelry stores, it's so effing annoying, I wish I wasn't working tomorrow, but I'm good at putting on a happy face for other's sake when I'm anything but. I can thank my childhood for that.

[LiteraryLark]

You can make Valentine's Day to be whatever the If U See Kay want it to be. I decided that this year, I'm going to have a Valentine, because I deserve it. And now I have two: my best friend and a potential BGF (best guy friend) and I are all going to Chuck E. Cheeses and play in the tubes and eat cheap pizza, and we're going to have a blast. Why, because as much as I am a supporter of Single Awareness Day, giving yourself an excuse to do something fun with the people you love is much better than sitting around the house complaing about what a horrible day it is. Think about it...

(...And gifts are just a bonus, not a V-day right. )

[EvangelinesLost]

I only agree to an extent, I don't think you should buy your sweetie shiny expensive crap, write them a letter saying all the things you love about them, and your fondest memory you have with them that should be enough and that professes your true love. Also love is thrown around to much even within families, my mom says i love you to me waaay to much and i only say it when i genuinely mean it, and it has made the meaning come back, so yes V-day is over done and over commercialized, but at least you can spend it with someone you really love or do something nice for someone you don't even know, who knows they may have just been dumped or hurt and need a random act of kindeness to help them feel better I don't know you but ill gladly say Happy Valentines Day and if no one else will be kind enough to ask you, you can be my Valentine

[Blondboy44]

I agree. V=Day sucks. In fact, multiple other "official mandatory love days" also suck. Love should be based on genuine feelings and day to day actions, not official mandatory love days.

Originally Posted by DespondentDaisy

I's such a BS holiday. My broother's birthday was yesterday

Why is your brother's birthday a bad thing?

[roads]

Originally Posted by DespondentDaisy

I'm good at putting on a happy face for other's sake when I'm anything but. I can thank my childhood for that.

I get this, DDaisy--won't surprise you probably. Most holidays are commercial, marketing is manipulative, emotional manipulation is the easiest/fastest way for those greedy corporations out there to get your money (you bought those cute cookies, right?).

And I'm not happy that you're so good at that happy face. That any of us are.

I think it's great to remember events like anniversaries, etc. But saying I'm going to celebrate "loving you" on this day. The rest? Well, you know I do, do I have to keep telling you? Yeah, maybe so, maybe youncould echo it, show it, live it ...

IDK. I know it tends to be a theme of mind sometimes, but before there were people thinking of TV ads...

Back when everyone could be different without being MI, we could just say, "Treat me different," & that was okay.

Hey, Daisy.thanks for being my friend!

[*freak*]

...aaaaaaaaaaaaand it's over. Wish granted

Hugs to all that need them

[Lightrail11]

It's over. Like other days it can be what you make of it. My wife and I have been married 36 years. Valentines day is a gentle reminder to say I love her. I do the commercially driven thing and I do buy flowers. The day a reminder, the flowers are a symbol, the gift is love.