Would You Be My Valentine?

Valentine's Day. The day for little girls and little boys to give each other candy with a blushed smile. The day for greedy girlfriends to drain their nervous boyfriend's bank accounts. The day for Hallmark to reach its annual budget high. As the pink ribbons and the red roses start to shower the princesses, I must say that the whole kit-and-caboodle of Valentine's Day is ridiculous.

This day of chocolate headaches and paper hearts is as full of clichés as the boxed candy hearts which read the words you are too chicken to say out loud yourself. When will people realize that this day of sappy love songs and cheesy pick-up lines is just a day for people to spend money on others to show their love for them? Why can't we just say it? Why do we have to go out and spend dollars on rings that are overpriced as it is and candy that no one really likes?

That's a pet peeve of mine, those assorted chocolates. A box of candy that has unexpected allergy attack all over it. Coconut? Nuts? Some funky orange goop? Just as Forrest Gump's mama would say, "Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get."

The whole "holiday" just seems worthless. Why wait till one day out of the year to tell the people you care about that you love them? Shouldn't we tell them every day? Plus it gives everyone who is single a reason to curl up in bed at night with a gallon of ice cream. It promotes gluttony! That may be a stretch but I still believe it.

The girlfriends who live for this day need to get their heads out of the clouds and back onto solid ground where love isn't always a walk in the park and cupid is just that crazy guy dressed up in red and pink hearted boxer briefs with a bow and arrow in Times Square. If one day love becomes an easy and painless thing, call me up and I'll rethink my opinion. But right now, as it stands, Valentine's day is simply a day for forced "I love you's" and sickening sweet candies.

For all of you that agree I'm glad we have all come to our senses, but for those of you who are daydreaming in a bed of roses, enjoy it while it lasts because one day you'll understand its frivolity and lack of reality.

Now go and do some homework or something else productive! Have a swell and peachy keen day! Peace