So this weekend is Valentines Day and possibly the only day of the year that I really avoid.
It’s not that I am unromantic, far from it but I see this day as being the most commercial waste of time that exists in our calendar. One day each year we are expected to shower affections and gifts on our loved ones and each year it becomes more and more expensive.
For me giving flowers or chocolates or a gift should not be confined to just one day in each year. Each day should be as romantic as Valentines Day filled with surprises, love, affection and moments that only the heart can truly cherish. When your loved one has had a terrible day in April, caught in a downpour what better way than to arrive home before them and lay on a surprise that shows exactly how you care. Or how about in June meeting them from work and then whisking them off to a romantic dinner in your favourite restaurant? Perhaps pack a bag and take her away to Paris for the weekend in the romantic month of November. Why just Feb 14th?
More often than not may people use Valentines Day as one opportunity to make up for not being romantic the rest of the year and quite often the gullible will fall for this charade. Love is needed 365 days a year not just one so I won’t be buying any roses, or chocolates nor a card. This does not mean that I do not love my partner, far from it I love her with all the heart a man can possibly have. I just don’t bow down to commercialism to prove this once a year. I would far rather be romantic all year round.
