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What Does Valentine's Day Mean To You?

Valentines Day would be what I consider as the most overrated time of the year, especially since I've never had a real-life girlfriend, and almost all the women in my age group are already married or have a boyfriend of their own. (Even when I was in high school, most of the girls at that time were already taken, and it never helped that I was always very picky on what I wanted in a girl.)
 
It's all loneliness for me, considering how I got no luck with girls at all.

Although, the days after offer a wide array of chocolates and sweets at huge-discount prices, so i still win a bit. -w-
 
It's the unofficial end to Winter and beginning of Spring to me.
 
Just a day to smother my loved ones with gifts. I really like gift giving and I've gotten my boyfriend and family members some cute stuff this year, so I'm excited to give that to them!
 
ive never given it much thought. It'd be nice in the future to maybe get some valentines flowers tho
 
Most of the time I just think of it as another day, historically it was the day of The St.Valentine's Days Massacre in 1929 between the North Side Irish Gang and the South Side Italian (Al Capone's Gang) in Chicago during The Prohibition. And my adult humor answer is a corporate holiday to buy chocolates, flowers, lingerie and lubricant for sexy fun time lol.
 
It's a day for some thematic sealclubbing in the Soviet lend-lease Valentine II in World of Tanks.
 
I'll shrink this font: I don't wanna hide it, but with all the wordyness here, I don't want it in the way. Maybe the opinion here is a little intense, but I mean no offense -
I'm just bored and very talkative about this.
Whatever the calendar-people were thinking when they put this in as a holiday, well that just doesn't matter much anymore.

That day, Valentine's day, is an over-commercialized shopping season where youngsters buy teeny chalk-hearts; beauties, perfumes
and (only a few of them,) skimpy outfits; and gentlemen, an array of chocolates and flowers. All of this material is meant to express
some commercial of love to their significant other, but I wasn't one to ever get materialism anyway, so its point is lost on me.

Why put one day of all days a ritual of "romance" and "kindness", when if a guy/girl gives a Hoothoot, they could do something meaningful
any given day of the week? Why attenuate the importance of "relationship" by putting in a day in the year so single persons
feel like such losers for not having one?

And why is it in the git-dang winter? Maybe it's the association to being warm-and-cuddly by the fire-place,
maybe it's all a big setup,and the girl has nowhere to go but outside in the snow or on the seat opposite of this guy.
 
I see that many here simply don't care about the holiday, or don't like the fact that it's a day to celebrate love, when love should be shown and celebrated at all times. Many look at it from a business approach, calling it a made up day to get people buying candy for no reason. I completely understand all of those arguments. But I've found that Valentine's Day is helpful for many, while it can also be the things mentioned before.

First of all, there are people who are not sentimental at heart. I'll use myself as an example. I don't like telling my family that I love them. Why? Because they're my family. The love has been proven for years. Why do I still need to tell them? Some people tend to feel the same way in regards to their significant other. Thus, the holiday can serve as a reminder that they need to show more affection every now and again. That alone can make a significant other very happy.

Love should indeed be expressed every day, but many people aren't the kind of person to do that. Once they've said "I love you" they don't feel the need to say it again for a while. It's just how less sentimental people are. Repetition can lose the meaning behind the things that we say and do.

So for this reason, I like Valentine's Day. Are there unhappy couples using the holiday to keep their dying relationship alive? Yes. Are there businesses looking to make a quick buck off some kids and couples? Absolutely. But the holiday still holds some valuable meaning to people, myself being included. It's a reminder that I need to be more vocal about my feelings sometimes, and I appreciate the holiday for that reason.

Not that any of you have to feel that way. I just thought that I should better describe what it means to me. To those of you who say "I love you" frequently without it losing meaning, and prove their love and passion on a daily basis, I honestly envy you, and understand you not caring about the holiday. Keep doing what you're doing.
 
Huh.
Just a random date for over consuming random stuff like flowers that will die anyway.
Don't get me wrong I love receive flowers and chocolate! But why having a day in the year when everybody HAS to do something??
 
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