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* Valentines Day*- Love it or Hate it??

Iam with Psychokitten all the way on this one...
Queen Beat: Valentine's Day bearing the same relevance as Christmas, Easter and Birthdays?? I think not. These days are celebrated as they have special significance in regards to our morals/beliefs/values in the culture we were brought up in.... commercialised or not. Valentine's Day is yet another bullshit Americanised concept illustrating more corporate greed. I think it's rather sad that we need a specific day set out on the calendar where society tells us that we should feel obligated to show our partner our love for them.
So what about the other 364 days of the year? What do they mean in the overall scheme of things?? Call me cynical but I think it's pathetic IMO..... we are all a pack of sheep!!
 
Originally posted by E^lEctric:
Valentine's Day bearing the same relevance as Christmas, Easter and Birthdays?? I think not. These days are celebrated as they have special significance in regards to our morals/beliefs/values in the culture we were brought up in.... commercialised or not. Valentine's Day is yet another bullshit Americanised concept illustrating more corporate greed. I think it's rather sad that we need a specific day set out on the calendar where society tells us that we should feel obligated to show our partner our love for them.
So what about the other 364 days of the year? What do they mean in the overall scheme of things?? Call me cynical but I think it's pathetic IMO..... we are all a pack of sheep!!
How many people truly believe in God comapred with how many people celebrate Christmas? Is it images of Jesus in the manger that are all over our christmas catalogues, our shopping centres or our own homes? Are their chocolate Jesus' at Easter? Christmas is a commercial hunting ground for savvy department stores with a few religious programmes thrown on early morning TV (just to make it feel legitimate). How many of you wrote Jesus a letter before Christmas? Please don't tell me Christmas is about religion anymore because I really can't believe that it is.
If I take a closer look, then the essence of Valentines Day is much more important to me then Christmas or Easter. I don't believe in God or Jesus or the god damn holy spirit so why the hell do I bother decorating my house and buy presents for people just because I feel obligated too. I do it because I appreciate the people I have in my life. I can't afford to buy them a present every single day so there is a special day set aside when I can make my feelings known.
It's all well and good for us to say "But we should love our partners with the same intensityevery day", but that doesn't mean it actually happens in the real world. I love my significant other with all my heart (and I tell him that all the time) but I don't see the harm in a day when you go out of your way to make them feel extra special. That doesn't mean spend a lot of money... it means take the time off work to spend lunch with the one you love, write them a card, a letter, anything to bring a smile to their face.
If we did that every day then it wouldn't feel as special. As I said in my first post, it's all about how you personally decide to approach the day.
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I'm really not into the whole valentine thing. But just because I'm not, that doesn't make me cynical. I still like getting presents at other times.
I think if you get plenty of presents and attention throughout the rest of the year from your partner, Valentine's Day seems very unimportant.
It puts too much pressure on single people too. I've actually heard some woman say that they've got to find a partner by Valentine's day so they've got something to do on the night! Desperate or what?!
 
queen beat, i totally see your point. even though i *don't* think it relates specifically to valentine's day. as firstly, valentine's day is a day that focuses on things that are achieveable every day, for no *cost* at all. otoh, christmas and birthdays are important events both in the attention given (and appreciation of specific people) , but also (and this is the difference imo), that people *show* their appreciatiom with gifts.
of course, this happens on valentine's day too, but the most important aspect of the day is the romanticism. and romanticism is fun, and most often something that can be achieved for no actual *monetary* cost - it costs nothing to tell someone you love them. thus, it's something that could, and should, be shown every day unlike the "gift giving" process of christmas and birthdays - something which is clearly unachievable to the average, non-bill gates person!
[edit: for clarity...now it actually makes sense :) ]
[ 15 February 2003: Message edited by: onetwothreefour ]
 
Very true 1234.
Perhaps it's just my personal interpretation of the days. Christmas is a time for me to cherish my family and friends. Valentines is a day when the focus is on my boyfriend. I can do both those things at any time of the year but it's nice to have one special day in particular set aside.
 
i got a chrome bin from my flatmate for valentine's day and his gf got nothing. So i think i win the weirdest present award, but the bin is cool so i'm not complaining :)
 
LuFF-LuFF-LuFF it...that said, I don't drop to the ground and sob if my significant other at the time doesn't do anything in it's honour.
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A simple, "HAPPY V-DAY HON" suffices very nicely, and did so this year.
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This V-Day I received the most gorgeous thoughtful pressie ever---an SMS with roses in it...not those poxy template things that are on so many phones, but hand "drawn" roses, much like this, "@--',---".
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The reason I loved it?
Cos it showed he cared...and bcos I had been witness to our shared week of late shift, and all round really really tiredness and not-really-leaving-the-house.
*MWaH hugs_all_round*
[ 17 February 2003: Message edited by: CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT ]
 
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