Well, it's another February 14th and we all know what that means - Valentine's Day(!), or for some, the day when we get depressed about being once again... single. For me, I have never had a non-single Valentine's Day so it shouldn't matter, but it is the time of year when you 'aww' at everyone's red and pink heart shaped chocolates, roses and anything else they've been given by loved ones. Never in my life have I been someone's 'Valentine' and never have I had one (not that I very much understand this term...).
Who here is particularly depressed this Day of St. Valentine. Has anyone had the best present - dumping by text or that kind of thing you see in movies, when teenage girls (or full-grown adults you just can't help but laugh at) cry over 'happy valentine's! its over' sort of texts/cards/notes on flowers etcetera? Got some funny stories? got some stories you might cry over, but some may laugh at (come on, you will too in a couple of years...)? Or even a story that is so damn funny you laughed when you were told it by your best friend - the victim? SHARE! we all love to find joy in others' misery - that is how we humans are the pinnacle of the animal kingdom - we're lovely beings really! (sensing sarcasm? it's appropriate.)
So, on this day of joy and love and all those gooey mushy feelings, why not take a moment to think about those less fortunate, those who, on this day, are possibly suicidal, and those who have been the victims of these movie-like scenarios we all hate to love (or love to hate, not suite sure...)
PAH! Who am I kidding? There are surely much more worthy things to think about; those idiots who chose to follow the footsteps of the movie 'heartthrobs' and those who lie in bed crying with joy over a rose they've been given are nothing. They simply choose to wallow in the sheer money-making aspect of this occasion. It is a publicity thing in which companies take money from those stupid enough to take the bait - I'm not going to lie, if I actually had someone to pointlessly spend this money on, then I probably would, otherwise, what am I? Some kind of Valentine's Day Scrooge. That's just not a good title. Point blank stupid.
The moral? Spend that money if you can, be 'happy' (you might just be one of those depressed next year...) - but if you are one of those who are clinically depressed from the holiday, don't be so selfish - maybe take a moment to think of those who actually lost their loved ones, like, literally, for example soldiers fighting for their country. Gone. Think a bit more openly once in a while, and don't be fed up because other's have relationships over the point of friendship.
It just ain't worth it.
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