“Should couples celebrate Valentine’s Day?”

SHE SAID 

This time of year disgusts me. It’s all superficial signs of love that should be expressed every day, but are only present when Hallmark says they should be. I like to call it V-Day (like D-Day, get it?).

I know what you are all thinking, that I’m some lonely, bitter college student on my way to being a lonely spinster. But actually, I’ve been in a great relationship for two years, and our anniversary happens to be at the beginning of February. This has nothing to do with relationships or love, because in all reality, Valentine’s Day has nothing to do with relationships or love. It has everything to do with money and fake affection.

Think about it: everyone knows that flower and candy companies are making oodles of money this time of year, but even companies that have nothing to do with V-Day are making money by marketing to the single girl who sits inside and eats ice cream when she can’t get a date. It’s all about the Benjamins.

And for the people who place too much weight on V-Day, you guys are just as gross. Why do you need a single day out of the year to show affection? Shouldn’t you be doing that every day?

It has been my experience that the people who do extravagant things on V-Day are the couples who are either extremely insecure or don’t really like each other the other 364 days of the year and probably shouldn’t be dating in the first place.

HE SAID

The days of giving a valentine to everyone in homeroom seem so far away.

We used to be so fired up to have a little party and could not wait to give those little cards of love to our fellow classmates.  Fast-forward twenty years and you would think the fourteenth of February is a day we celebrate stress, sadness and emotional eating.

What happened people?  The day is supposed to be about displaying your affections to the one you hold close.

Not every couple needs a day of roses, chocolates and a candlelight dinner, but you should do something to celebrate the relationship. No matter how strong the relationship may be, people like to be reminded that they are loved.

Both parties might think the hearts and teddy bears are cliché, but a gesture large or small to your special someone is as genuine as it gets.