Unpopular opinion: I couldn’t care less about Valentine’s Day. Love isn’t about grand gestures on a specific date—it’s about consistency, effort, and showing up every day.
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Yeah but here’s the thing: all the cute and good chocolate things come out this time of year, and we can have it FOR OURSELVES. I’ll be buying some cute ❤️ cupcakes from my local bakery today. Self care. 😆
V day to me is about loving all in your life not just romantic. Loving the people who show up for you. Who are safe and awesome. I try to say and show love on that day. And I dont need a day to make them feel loved also. Shrug lol. A lot like chocolate and after v day chocolate omfg yes!!!!
I thought Valentines Day was about providing flower shops and restaurants with the opportunity to charge through the nose for relatively inferior service!
(Here in Catalunya we don’t celebrate it; we celebrate St George’s day where men and women give each other a rose and books.)
I've been saying for years that Valentine's Day sucks: if you're in a couple, you're expected to do similar things as for your anniversary except on the same day all other couples are trying to do that as well, and if you're single it sucks for obvious reasons.
I also think Mother's Day and Father's Day sucks for similar reasons. If you have a good relationship with your parents, you're competing with everyone else for a brunch table. And if you don't, it's extra painful. Just celebrate people on their birthdays! And relationships on anniversaries.
Even more unpolular opinion, make it a day to check on your single friends not because they're single, but because Valentine's Day has the highest rate of suicides and consistently spikes on that day.
Although my dad used to buy my mom a big red heart shaped box of chocolates and me a small pink one. He’s been gone almost 30 years, and I miss that gesture.
Never make a cuppa for yourself before offering to make a cuppa for both of you.
My hot tip on relationships. Always ask, even if you know the answer will be ‘no’.
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We’ve been married almost 20 years. 🙂 Our opinion should be the popular one.
Consistency people. Work at it. Worth it. 🙂
(Here in Catalunya we don’t celebrate it; we celebrate St George’s day where men and women give each other a rose and books.)
Yeah, my first date with my wife was Valentines day 1972.
My hot tip on relationships. Always ask, even if you know the answer will be ‘no’.