Ten Things I Hate About Valentine's Day
Margaret Finnegan
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Copyright 2012 Margaret Finnegan
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Ten things I Hate About Valentine's Day
1. It is a commercial racket. Obviously. Only shallow couples need a holiday to help them celebrate their love for one another. If you really love someone, you show them every day. Isn't that what you told me, Brian?
2. Chocolate. Do I like chocolate? Of course. Would it be nice to get a beautiful, heart-shaped box of chocolate from someone who claims to love me? Naturally. But does it have to be on Valentine's? Not at all. Just because all the women I know get such tokens of affection from their boyfriends/husbands on Valentine's is no reason I need-- or even want--such things. In fact, if you think about it, a box of chocolates is pretty cliché, and who needs cliché, huh, Brian? Although, it sort of begs the question: Can something be cliché if a person "totally forgot" that it was Valentine's Day and therefore was not actually trying to avoid being cliché? Humph. That's a stumper.
3. Romantic dinners at nice restaurants. So hard to get reservations! So expensive! So dark! Who wants that on the most romantic day of the year? No. Wouldn't it be "easier to heat up a frozen burrito and watch Sports Night." Your words, Brian. Your exact fricking words. Although, again, let's face it. The main reason there was no reservation was because you "forgot."