But you know, I just really need to rant one last time. I’ve already said this rant to about three people today, including my boyfriend. And this is why I asked him if we could please not celebrate Valentine’s Day this year.
It was cute when we were kids. We got to eat candy and have fun making cards and stuff.
Ever since we hit puberty, it’s been all about relationships. Who has more valentines. Feeling bad for yourself because you don’t have a valentine. Thinking, maybe I don’t have any boys asking me to be my valentine because I’m not pretty enough.
Now I am in college. Half of the school it seems is crying because they don’t have anyone to share the holiday with while it is simultaneously being rubbed in their faces by all the couples celebrating it.
Then there are the girls that are talking about what they hope they get from their boyfriends. Girls pointing out exactly what they want. And whining when the guy wasn’t thoughtful enough or didn’t spend as much money on them and their friends’ boyfriends did. Newsflash: just because you have a vagina doesn’t mean that you deserve a big diamond necklace on Feb. 14th. What do the guys get? Some homemade cupcakes if they’re lucky. Guys go out and spend hundreds of dollars because that’s what they are “supposed” to do, while the girl turns around and complains that if their boyfriends really cared about them they would do something more special, yet they do almost nothing to show their boyfriends love in return.
It’s not about love anymore. It’s about doing what commercials tell you to do. It’s buying her something because that’s what everyone else is doing. If you really loved someone, you wouldn’t need a holiday to tell you to show you care.
My boyfriend kept worrying that he should come out to see me even though we had work to do. But why should he take time out of his schedule today if he normally would think it better to stay home another day? He felt bad because his best friend drove 1.5 hours one way to see his girlfriend. Well you know what, my boyfriend did that on a day that was not Valentine’s Day, for no reason at all, and that’s why I love him.
Valentine’s Day takes out the romance and spontaneity because one is expected to do typical “romantic” things. Why? Because the candy companies and the jewelry companies and the florists make the most money this day. We must give more money to the rich because really, that’s what Valentine’s Day is all about. Spending money you don’t have on something that she really doesn’t want.
