Valentine's Day
And here’s why …
- It is something Austen’s Wickham or Emma would celebrate. Misguided creatures.
- If you innocently arrange an evening out with a friend, not realising it is Valentines day, people stare and surmise and make two and two equal five.
- It is not inclusive and too many of youngsters and oldsters self-esteem and self-worth and all round well-being may have taken a battering today, if Mr/Ms Valentine didn’t call.
- It makes those with a broken heart maudlin and those with a new romance insufferable. This is particularly vomit inducing with so much media these days.
- It sucks you in and makes you form an opinion, very seldom formed on reason, but rather on your own level of Valentine’s success.
- It is a commercial racket. I bet Amazon are making millions and they don’t even pay their taxes.
- When your husband arrives home on Valentines day and crashes out with a headache, fast asleep within two seconds of entering the house and still wearing his shoes, it matters more.
- It is a day people celebrate without even knowing the origin of it. BBC newsround does explain it here so we don’t need to worry about the younger generation: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/16945378.
- It reinforces gender stereotypes and promotes western culture above others.
- It leaves some with broken hearts when their proposals are turned down on Valentine’s day.
Valentine's Day Gifts!
Did I celebrate Valentine’s day? No.
Am I being dramatic because my only Valentine’s gift was a very woebegone rose, bought for me, at break, by my daughter at school. Maybe, though it was sweet of her (see, there I go buying in to the day). I need Valentine’s Day Gifts!
Will I reconsider the value of Valentine’s Day if I suddenly am swamped with beautiful red roses? Definitely.
But for now I’ll go curl up with Pride and Prejudice and fantasise about the lovely Mr Darcy. I bet he’d hate Valentine’s day too.