Valentine's day must get picked on by all the other holidays. Or at least by half of them.
I have no qualms with valentine's day. I don't stomp around cursing old lovers or mow down passing couples with well-aimed death stares. I don't comfort-binge. I don't rant. But I don't bedazzle myself with v-day red and pink either.
I've never quite understood the divergent armies that seem to gather around mid-February. On one side of the holiday, an over-armed/under-dressed child-creature gains temporary deity status and love abounds. by law. On the other extreme, "love" becomes an expletive, a 24-hour dirty word that will ruin the party for any "singles awareness" participant.
I think extreme responses to one day is exhausting. Enjoy if you want, ignore, if you please.
Don't bury the world in conversation-heart romance.
Don't begrudge the love.
Truce?
AMEN. i feel the exact same way! gosh it is good that we are friends. and friends in real life this. week.
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