this is the web definition of Valentine's Day. why must this be only ONE day? everyone keeps asking me "what are your plans for Valentine's day?" ummm.... nothing am i suppose to have plans? honestly i think that is the biggest joke of a day ever. if you need to have one day set aside to tell someone you love them then i think you have more issues than flowers and candy can fix. my husband tells me and shows me every day he loves me. he gets up at 2am and goes to work. he works 60-70 hours a week which allows me to be able to stay at home with our 2 boys. he helps me clean, cook, take care of our kids. how many women can HONESTLY say their husband helps them clean or around the house. and i mean REALLY clean. he vacuums, washes dishes, folds & washes clothes, cleans toilets. how many husbands really do that? i know no men in my family ever did that. yes i might complain about some of the annoying things he does but truely every day is Valentine's day here.
some girls get so upset and mad if their guy doesn't spend hundreds of dollars on flowers, candy, stuffed bears and take them to a fancy restaurant. flowers die in a matter of less than a week. candy makes you fat, stuffed animals get in the way and we go out to eat at nice restaurants all the time. i don't want him wasting money on such frivolous things such as that. i'd much rather we use the money that he would have spent on a dozen roses to paint the bathroom. and roses... roses are SO cheap and cheesy to me. i have never thought a flower was so cheesy as roses. if you insist on giving me flowers be different. give me daisies, give me tulips [those are my fav] give me anything but roses. but really i prefer not to have flowers. you may say that i'm just anti- Valentine's because of a previous day gone bad. no honestly i've always hated this made up day forever. yes maybe some people have to have that one day to be romantic or sweet but that's sad you have to take only that one day to show that. it's not like our anniversary that only happens once a year to celebrate the day we got married. that's a special day to celebrate our vows to each other but we don't need a special day to celebrate our love when we do that every day.
some girls think i'm crazy for not wanting my husband to spend all that money on me and get all those gifts and such. well let's think about it, he's spent a ton of money on me already. anytime i want something he gets it for me. and without that sounding arrogant and cocky, it's true. if i want a new pair of shoes we go shopping together and get them. if while shopping i see the most adorable outfit for the boys we get it. over 99% of the time anything i want ends up being for my boys anyway. rarely do i want or get anything for me. i'm just not in for all the "romantic" hoopla that is put into this day. if it's not something you'd do for me in our normal every day to day life then don't do it on that day. i don't want to have all this emphasis put onto one day to look forward to then the next day just goes back to "regular life".
while watching tv all i see is ads with buy this buy that, do this, do that for your wife/ husband for Valentine's day. celebrate your love by buying this or taking them here. it just makes me want to gag. walking past the aisles in the store with all the cheesy stuffed animals, cards and fake flowers in jars makes me want to hurl. people constantly asking me what our plans are and when i answer "nothing" they act so surprised and demand we do something makes me want to scream. i hate that day. i hate the emphasis that's put into it. so please stop asking me what we're doing. stop acting so surprised that i don't want my husband to spend a crap load of money on me for this ONE made up day by Hallmark. great for you if your husband or boyfriend does, fabulous. but not EVERY girl wants that cheesy stuff.
I totally agree with you :) I think V-day is just a "hallmark holiday" and its nothing but a waste of money. There are so many other days to celebrate...why pick only one?
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