Valentine's Day Observations

So I was reading a journal on a fiend's FA page talking about all the negative feelings people seem to get around Valentine's Day, about how people are posting journals saying it's a terrible holiday and they hate it and the like. It made me think of a few things. Maybe it's my priorities and my interpretation of the meaning of Valentine's Day, but anyway, this way my post on her journal (with a few additions), and I felt like sharing it.

I happen to like Valentine's day, even when I was single (in fact, this is the first Valentine's Day I'm spending with someone in like 10 years maybe). All the same, I view it more as a day where people go out of their way to be nice and loving to someone else, because it seems like nowadays there has to be an excuse to do this kind of thing.

I can agree that the commercials get cheesy and such, but no more than Christmas commercials or Halloween ads. And I agree it gets kinda gross to see couples being so overly lovey-dovey in public; PDA make me self-conscious, and I get second-hand embarrassment from watching it. Everything is geared at couples and engagements and cuteness and pink.

So, I can totally understand how people without someone to spend it with could find it a terrible holiday that rubs it in their faces, but I'd prolly bet money on the fact that if they were spending it with someone, they'd have a totally different attitude about it.

I wonder why those who are single don't jus celebrate it by showing random acts of kindness to strangers. Like get a cheap box of cards and jus write kind things in them and pass them out to someone who looks down. Or give away Hershey's kisses (cheaper and less work for those that are lazy like me). You'd be surprised how the little things can put a smile on people's faces. You may even make a friend or meet a special someone out of the deal. There is no reason why this holiday can't be a good one for everyone, single or not, and there sure as hell isn't enough love in the world out there.

Plus, chocolate <3

I think people need to stop being so negative about everything. Don't use a holiday focused on love (yes, even commercial and cheesy love) to be hateful to others. If you don't wanna be kind and loving to others, don't do anything. Spreading negativity just because you're grouchy doesn't help you or anyone else. If things suck, do something to make them better rather than wallow in it, ya know?