Valentine's Day is Bullshit...Kind Of

Today always sparks a fun little debate on whether or not Valentine's Day is a Hallmark Holiday.  I think that it is and it isn't.  It's all on how you celebrate it.  If you think that on Valentine's Day you need to go out and buy a dozen over priced roses and boxes of chocolate for your significant other, go nuts.  If you find it necessary to get a reservation at a romantic restaurant that everyone else is going to be at, feel free.  You'll be bumping elbows with everyone else in the restaurant, but don't let that stop you.  Those acts are part of the Hallmark Holiday cliches that Valentine's Day is all about.  Personally, I don't want to do any of that.  At all.  If you spend the day or evening with loved ones, that's what matters.  I usually buy a small gift for my wife, but don't go overboard with it.  Because I support capitalism.  USA!  USA!  

Last night, my wife and I went out to dinner.  We don't go out on Valentine's Day because restaurants are always packed and loud and obnoxious.  So we either go out the day before or the day after.  Just to avoid the rush.  We aren't big crowd people.  We didn't do the whole romantic restaurant, candlelight dinner thing either.  We went to Buffalo Wild Wings.  Because it sounded SO GOOD.  Nothing says love like sitting across the table from your spouse and watch them rip meat off the bone.  Wove.  Twue Wove.  
 
Here's the thing.  If you spend Valentine's Day with the person or people that you love or care about, that's all you need.  If you spend the day doing what you enjoy with a person, that's all you need to do.  Enjoy drinking wine and watching a shitty chick flick?  Call that a successful Valentine's Day.  Is there a big game on and you want to go out with your drinking buddies to watch it?  Success!  Would it be weird if you were out with your drinking buddies and as you were leaving you said 'Happy Valentine's Day guys.'?  Yeah.  It would be.  Unless you have that close relationship with them. 

I won't condemn people for going all out on Valentine's Day.  If that is how you choose to show your love for your partner, go for it.  Everyone celebrates holidays in different ways.  We are not big on it.  That's just how we roll.  It is more important to show love and affection and appreciation for your partner all year long not just one day.  Am I the best at doing that?  Absolutely not.  Are any of us?  You can always get better.  

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