Valentine’s Is Pathetic
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February 14th, 2008
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I'm convinced Valentine's Day is a plot invented by some really smart men. It takes a high IQ to invent one single day a year where men has to act nice to their wives. Rest of the year apparently doesn't count. I think it's great that people give each other flowers, eat romantic dinners, are nice to each other, and have wild sex. I just don't understand why it only occurs on Valentines day. Why does it have to be forced? What really baffles me is how most women think Valentines is great even though their husbands act like ancient cavemen during rest of the year.
For the record, I don't have any bad Valentines memories. And I used to act the same way everyone does today, young and old, when I was in college. Back then it was coincidently with the same woman as today. I met my wife many years ago in college, she was simply defenseless against my stalking charms. I had two earrings, long hair, and generally behaved like a really inmature man without any social competence. I was called "the pervert Swede with the Corvette". But thats' another story.
I would like to think my behavior has improved slightly although I sometimes wonder. But I've felt the same way about Valentines for a long time. I used to sit there in restaurants watching all those couples be nice to each other. It was like theatre. Problem was when Valentines day passed and most got on with their boring, unromantic, sexless, relationships.
I'm no super romantic guy but I like to surprise my wife with gifts and flowers every now and then. Isn't a gift much more appreciated when it's not forced or required? Most women get something on Valentines, but how fun is that? It's a more or less required or the man is out on the street. How about a small gift or flowers on March 29, that hot summer day in June, or during the grey and dull month of September?
Valentine's suck because it takes away spontaneous thinking and makes relationships boring and predictable. That can be as much of a marriage killer as an affair. Instead of Valentines, how about coming home to your wife on a random day with some flowers? Or a gift? Not because it's required, simply because she's a great girl and you're really happy spending time together. Seems like a much better idea.
We're obviously not celebrating Valentines but good luck if you do. I did actually get my wife a Valentines gift. In November last year I purchased two iPhones. That may not sound very exciting but it turns out the iPhone is the only geek toy in history my wife has loved. The other thing is the iPhone is not available here. It can't be bought. I had to wait a few months and then unlock it with some fairly advanced hacking tools requiring major geek knowledge. She's real happy about it since it's a fantastic phone and also because it's extremely unusual over there.
Since my wife loves her iPhone more than me she barely noticed that we also had sex twice during the day. God, I love day care:-))
Happy Valentine's!
hooray for a man who gets it! I’ve felt this way about Valentine’s day for so long. I like the suprise gifts throughout the year way better than any flowers and chocolates that someone is forced to buy because of a holiday. It means so much more to know that he’s thinking about ME not just thinking about what day it is.
I don’t know. I dug Valentine’s Day today. I went to my son’s school. He and his classmates sang love songs to us. Then he gave me a card he made all by himself. We went to a restaurant and had lunch together. Sweet.
By her butt a treadmill and tell her to run… That’s what I got today… took 4 hours to assemble, and I ran for 10 minutes before wheezing myself into a coma.
Happy Valentines Day to me…
I was never a believer in Valentines, even in college, whether I was in a relationship or not, I vehemently boycotted the day by staying home each February 14 no matter what. When I met my husband it turned out he boycotts it too, much to the chagrin of his former girlfriends. I think that could have sealed the deal as to why it was me he married. Hahaha!
And while he never surprises me with flowers, he is thoughtful in his own way on other days of the year. And that I appreciate much more.
Hmmm?! I’m on the fence on this one. I hate Vday when I was a pre-teen growing up. It was a popularity contest among the older kids in junior high and high school. Since I was not popular by any means, that means I didn’t get a lot of Vday cards :(, which totally sucked! So thumbs down on Vday for that one :-P
Hubby of mine definitely has a romantic side to him though. So he makes up for it many times and really don’t need to have Vday for that.
However, with Erik along, we participated in our ‘first Vday toddler style’ and my goodness, it was such a frenzy. All the kids loved it and the best part was, we got a little handprint of Erik in shape of a heart for us to treasure. So thumbs up on Vday for this one :)
Good point - had never thought of that one…
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