I see the logic of that, but disagree with the heart of the matter.
Valentines day is commercial. So is Christmas. And Easter. And everyone seems very happy to celebrate those days with reckless, spendthrift abandonment! What makes Valentines different? Heck if anything it’s a lot less commercial in the sense that Shops get ready for Valentines at the end of January, a month before the event, but come October and Christmas and Halloween (another commercial one) are duking it out for shelf space! (One day we'll probably end up with a hybrid 'Rudolph with fangs' to save on advertising.)
You should love someone fully and utterly to the best of your ability all the time, amen I agree to that with tinkly bells on! But if you had to shower your sugar-lump in gifts all the time, well here’s hoping your bank account is full, fat and happy and up to that mammoth task! The sad fact is we can't always spoil the ones we love as we'd fully like to. So why not have one day that you go that little EXTRA out for the person you love? That you can save up for and just have a blast on? One day to show the world how much you love that person? (Or just to show off how much you can spend and creep other people out? Some folk need to learn what "OTT" stands for...)
Now some random folk may come sidling up to me, cough politely, but irritatingly, and go, "Ah but wee Jo, what of those without romantic prospects then?"
First off I'd wonder how a stranger knew my name.
After that you can't help pointing out that while not all of us have someone to love and squeeze and call our own, we do have family. We have friends. We have co-workers - the ones we don't want to kill in their sleep. We even have pets. And if we still have none of these, not even a hamster, then there are charities to donate to! People desperate for any show of affection, however third party it is! Giving - that in itself is a warm fuzzy feeling. Why not use Valentine's as an excuse to show love to every and anybody you feel deserves it? Maybe even a few people you feel don't?
It's a silly day. It won't change the world. In some areas it's hardly paid attention to. But if you do note the day on your calender, then why not be an agent of good cheer and go all out and just make it worth getting out of bed for? You are the instrument of your own happiness and only you dictate how much love you share.
