ALT-3 Valentines Day Commercial Hype or Romantic Opportunity – Commercial
Valentine's Day has always confused me from the time I was in kindergarten. I would cut out the paper hearts and scribble on the "Be Mine" cards for my parents and classmates, but I wasn't sure why. I mean, I told my parents I loved them all the time - why was it so much more important on February 14? I started to think that Valentine's Day must be the only day that love really mattered.
As I got older, Valentine's Day loomed over me like a threat. Boyfriends bought me flowers, and chocolates, and red and pink heart-decorated lingerie, the ugliest lingerie I have ever owned, and then what was expected of me? To wear it and parade in front of them like some grateful overeager bimbo? I hate pink. I also hate that cheap heart-box chocolate. And the flowers? Oh please.
If you really want to impress me, get me flowers when I least expect it. Don't wait till the most obvious day in the middle of February, the day society has brainwashed me into expecting flowers, because I'll only hold back a yawn if you do get them for me, and God forbid you forget to get them, because then I'll really be insulted.
I don't know if you've realized it, but Valentine's Day is a great money-making scheme for the economy. Florists and department stores and places like La Senza make a killing, because people are flooding into these places like sheep to spend unnecessary amounts of money on things that they say will make your significant other happy. Why is Valentine's Day so special, because they say so? Oh, you can give me the whole history behind St. Valentine, but the reality is that North American culture uses this holiday to squeeze as much money out of you as possible.
Really you should be using every single new day to express your love and devotion to the love of your life, instead of running out after work on February 14 to grab a bouquet of roses in the hopes that you'll earn points with your wife for "remembering." She would appreciate it a lot more if you brought roses home for no reason other than "just because." If she's one of those girls who takes a fit because you didn't remember this "special" day, keep in mind that society has brainwashed her to thinking that she deserves something specifically on February 14. It's really not her fault.
Here's a thought. Instead of spending fifty bucks on a frivolous item, why not mail a handwritten love note to your sweetie expressing your love. That will be a whole lot more romantic, and a hell of a lot cheaper, if you really have to do something for the sake of Valentine's Day.
