Let me start off by saying that I am not a fan of Valentine's Day. Now this might conjure the image that I am a cranky old man who doesn't have anyone to love. That is untrue, for I have been dating the same girl for over 3 years now.
My biggest grip about Valentine's Day is that we shouldn't need one particular day to celebrate love. Love should be celebrated every day, for it is a truly magnificent, yet completely abstract, emotion.
I show my woman that I lover her each and every day by eating the sandwiches she makes me and by allowing her to leave the kitchen every now and again. All joking aside, its about the little things that we do for each other. It might be something completely insignificant, such as showing up and bringing me a soda or popping into work to say hello.
The point of the matter is that we do these things willingly, there is NO obligation. Valentine's Day puts an obligation for couples to do something, which makes the entire event seem plastic and forced.
When one is forced to take a required class or seminar, it always seems that it is longer and frivolous, whether the information presented is useful or not. When the same person takes an elective course, they really get into what is being presented because they WANT to be there.
The same thing applies to Valentine's Day, when gestures of love are made willingly, they are more meaningful and sentimental because the person is doing so because they truly want to.
There is nothing wrong with love, but stop the obligation and love because you want to, not because it is February 14th.
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