Valentines day. The one day where all single guys wished they had a woman and the guys with women wished they were single.
Well put and I salute you for your dedication to taken an anti-consumerist stance. That said do we need a holiday to remind us to love our signfigant others?
Its more like single guys wish they had a girl every other day besides valentines day for the exact reason why guys with women wished they were single on valentines day
Well, based on a lot of the comments on this thread and what I pick up in general, I think that if we didn't have Valentine's Day, or anniversaries, a lot of guys wouldn't do much of anything romantic for their significant others. Not saying all wouldn't, but a significant portion wouldn't. So, unfortunately, I think the answer to your question is 'yes.' (Though I agree with the general thrust of your comments.) But to step back and ask 'should' we have a holiday to remind us to love our significant others, I think that there are reasons that having a specific holiday dedicated to relationships is a good thing. You could very well ask, do we need a holiday to remind us to give thanks? Do Christians need a holiday to remind them about Jesus? Do Americans need a holiday to remind them of their independence? What a holiday does is give the day a sense of being a special occasion by binding it a convention that is performed year after year. It's the same way an engagement ring works. The woman isn't so much entranced by the gold band and the diamond (though those certainly help) as she is by the deep symbolic significance that comes with that gesture having been bound to generations of tradition in which that gesture symbolizes the deepest commitment. Likewise, doing something 'for Valentine's Day' does connects with that larger cultural convention/symbolic significance and so it can make the gesture that much more meaningful. So, to sum up, I think that Valentine's Day, just like Christmas, anniversaries, birthdays, Christmas, or any other conventional day of celebration, is more about how individuals execute it than anything else. If people feel compelled/obligated/burdened by the occasion, it's often a symptom of something lacking in the relationship that the holiday is supposed to highlight.
Perception... ...and reality. Contrast the V-shaped bottom on promo picture with the round-shaped bottom on the actual pie; and note the non-symmetric slices, radiating not from the center of the pizza: but the northeast quadrant. The pie is now uglier and less efficiently served than usual; and there's y'know, less of it. http://consumerist.com/5152896/papa-johns-love-pizza-is-a-lie
I didn't really understand the point of that comment. This thread is about V-day, not gift giving the other 364 days of the year.
Wow, I am completely in agreement with you IROC it. I guess Obama was right, there are no red staters and blue staters, just guys that get it and newbs that don't...
I don't get it, man...I think Valentines Day sucks. That doesn't mean I don't do something special for it, and it doesn't mean I neglect my girl the other 364 days of the year. They're not mutually exclusive scenarios.
Agree. Not like Valentine's Day is some government recognized holilday anyways, its all about people's own personal involvements with it. No one HAS to do anything, but it surely wouldnt hurt if you did. My only complaint (always the same darn constant complaint I apply too much in anything) is the women's approach spoiling it. The ones where you kinda know in advance without it being said you kinda "better" do something or she'll not be too happy afterward. But yeah I meet the wrong kinda women I guess...Its like, there's 10 guys and 10 girls. 8 of those girls are already pre-programmed V Day celebrators. It puts most men are on the V Day clock even if they dont want to be. Its how the system works. They've ganged up on us and we cant do anything about it. Gotta love em though
too true...I will say that I was with my kids on V-Day...Loved it...I love being single, having options...HOWEVER, for some reason, the advertising/commercialism got to me this year...seriously, I was like, damn, I'm alone, from a "date" perspective...oh well... On a side note, I had a date cancel on me Friday night, and the reason was weird...she said she was tired, I called BS and then she said that when she gets close to people, she pushes them away...close? WTF? Hell, she's an old HS friend and I just started talking to her a couple days b/f..she then said she wasn't ready for a relationship? relationship? WTF are you talking about.. I met her for drinks Thurs and everything was fine...Women are nucking futs...
For those wondering... Yes, I do something on Valentine's Day... and always do. But I do things all the time for my wife. It's part of what being in love is about. It's an act of the will. FWIW - Lust only cares about itself.
