It's the Awesome of the Week: Anti-Valentine's Day Edition!
Oh Valentine's Day. Such a silly, consumption-driven, made up holiday. As someone who can't stand buying things just because "you're supposed too!", I think Valentine's Day is pure trash. If you are partnered, it is hyped as a day when your beloved showers you with gifts and tokens of their love, but in reality, we impulse buy chocolates and stuffed animals at Shoppers Drug Mart on route to Valentine's Day dinner. And if you don't get those hastily purchased, mass-produced, generic love-themed gifts, you better start questioning how much your partner actually loves you. Such. Trash. I choose not to participate. Also, if you're not partnered, it is just another stupid reminder that you are single.
To celebrate my disdain for Valentine's Day, the Awesome for this week is an anti-love ballad called Bruised, preformed by The Ben's. At Valentine's Day karaoke a few years back, I actually sang this song (it's been an anti-Valentine's anthem for a while now!) Happy Love Day everybody!
Oh Valentine's Day. Such a silly, consumption-driven, made up holiday. As someone who can't stand buying things just because "you're supposed too!", I think Valentine's Day is pure trash. If you are partnered, it is hyped as a day when your beloved showers you with gifts and tokens of their love, but in reality, we impulse buy chocolates and stuffed animals at Shoppers Drug Mart on route to Valentine's Day dinner. And if you don't get those hastily purchased, mass-produced, generic love-themed gifts, you better start questioning how much your partner actually loves you. Such. Trash. I choose not to participate. Also, if you're not partnered, it is just another stupid reminder that you are single.
To celebrate my disdain for Valentine's Day, the Awesome for this week is an anti-love ballad called Bruised, preformed by The Ben's. At Valentine's Day karaoke a few years back, I actually sang this song (it's been an anti-Valentine's anthem for a while now!) Happy Love Day everybody!
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I can't help it, I love Valentine's day :) Even single, I loved it...
ReplyDeleteI like the hearts and flowers. It's the perfect time to send someone you admire an anonymous card.. and don't forget the day after sales on chocolate! But I totally get where you're coming from too.
Also, stupidly enough, it's our anniversary, so makes it easy for J to remember :]
Happy Anniversary!! I do have to agree that the sales on chocolate are great! :) Hope you had a great day!
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