When did people start shortening it to V-day? Regardless, it suits my nefarious purposes, the only kind of purpose I ever have, by the way. See, calling it V-day lets me call it venereal day...as in the thing lots of people will acquire due to unwise choices in the name of lust...err, love.
Funny, I never really considered myself a "romantic", but I did used to put a lot of time and effort into finding something special or giving something special to Andrea. For those brief flashes of time she would be happy. Ultimately, however, like most "forced" gestures, they proved to be empty.
What I mean by forced is that few and far between are the people who are "with" someone who can resist the social pressure to get a teddy bear or chocolate or flowers (or all 3 + a diamond of some sort) for their special someone on this day, not because they "feel it" more this day than any other but because it is expected. If anything, it means LESS on V-D than at any other time because it is less spontaneous.
Let's extend that thought out, though. Veterans Day...how many people salute the flag and say great things about the "men and women who gave part or all of their lives defending our freedoms" and put no thought whatsoever into it the other 364 days?
Or Thanksgiving when millions of hypocrites give lip service to a God they do not believe (in their hearts as judged by their actions) exists for the great bounty and blessings he has given them. Give it up people. Just pork out on the turkey, watch football and leave the empty dissertations out of it.
While I am ranting about that, why on earth go to church on "Easter" (a name I cringe just typing) and Christmas? Save yourself 3 hours. If that is all God means to you, why would you think you mean more than that to Him? It is an empty, empty, futile gesture that fools nobody.
But like the flowers and crap for V-day, it is an empty gesture that people somehow convince themselves has real, important meanings for their lives.
Here is a thought for those of you with someone special in your life: A month and three days from now, give her (or him) some flowers and chocolate and do something special for them. Do not warn them in advance, just spring it out of the blue. It will mean much more to them than a dozen cliched, trite V-day balloons. As Geroge whatever his name is from the Mens Wearhouse says, "That...I can guarantee."
Now if you will excuse me, I am off to thank a Veteran.
4 years ago
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I heard a discussion yesterday about whether or not V-Day was a "reciprocal holiday." Apparently some big name females were on tv and at least one of them had said that it wasn't, it was up to the guys to do something for their gals. I found that rather hillarious considering that the holiday is supposed to have come from a little girl giving a card to an imprisoned man. Also, it's amazing how far feminism has come. They're no longer claiming that they just want equal treatment. They're finally admitting, "I want to be treated equally only in areas where I believe it benefits me. Otherwise, I want to be treated special." Well, I believe that those women are the most "special" people on the planet.
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