I for one cannot wish or even any gumption to say Happy Valentine's Day for two simple reasons. One is that I have a deep, resounding, and complete hatred of this day. For me, it's a personal hatred for some many experiences in my life have occurred on this day; that it gives one a very bad taste in your mouth. It also gives you a since of wisdom and need to avoid it at all cost. I won't really go into much of the things that went down. However, I will summarize that many of the aches, disappointments, and bullshit that went down in another lifetime ago, is the building blocks that have formed the cynical villain the world has come to know and loathe ever since.I have written Congress asking if there could be a bill go before the floor to have this holiday removed from all Calendars. Yet, I think the bastards on Capitol Hill been getting kickbacks from candy companies and maybe a few jewelers to boot. It's okay I guess. I will just boycott it in my own way. I been seeing all kinds of announcements, pictures and whatnot of folks who feel they need to go all out in outdoing their peers or on-up others to express their professed love to them. And pray they meet the standards that one has set or end up being replaced. Trust me, I know it from experience and just today, someone arguing with their significant other because it wasn't as expensive or as wonderful as it was last year. The whole thing ended with her saying keep your cheap gift, cheap thoughts and go away. The pure ungratefulness of this is mind-numbing. Then again, I been there done that and got the t-shirt.
Which brings me to the second reason why I despise this day...the whole commercialism of it all.I mean between every candy company, florist, and jeweler, billions of dollars are being made off these saps to ensure they don't get dump, replaced or divorced by the 15th. I keep saying that this is the one day out of the year where love DOES have a price tag. Don't believe me, look at the reactions of your partner with something cheap over something that you took a 2nd mortgage on your home for. You can believe that phrase, "It's the thought that counts." And I will bet you a response will be,"well you should have thought of getting something better or classy."
And don't think for one single, second that there is a contest being held with friends and peers into who gets the better gift - or the most original i.e. Most Expensive. If you don't believe me, then I got some beach front property in Denver dirt cheap for you and I'll throw in a swamp for free. There is a Keep up with the Valentine Jones for bragging rights. Of course many will not admit it, however it's ok.
I did step away from most social media today just won't have a whole slew of Valentine Crap being posted.
And if I ever see that fat little bastard with wings and bow...well let's just say...
And here is a history lesson for you all....
And the only good thing about this day is....
So in closing I can't wait for normality to resume tomorrow and this day of demonic torture comes to an end. And I wonder how many break-ups will happen? One has already went down. I will place good odds there be maybe five or six. And those saps who have to go with their dates to see that Celluloid Abortion called 50 Shades of Grey, I do hope you get some afterwards. But I do have an idea there going to be many babies being spawned out around Thanksgiving. And you can be part of the 50 Shades of Diapers, followed with 50 Shades of Buttwipes...so.....
