I Am Anti-Valentine's Day

Before I get to the topic for today, I wanna say, THANK YOU to all those who paid attention to my Valentine's Day entry; Love Story: A Valentine Entry .

I wanna make people feel the pain of losing someone by telling the entry in the first person form. And to be honest, I wanna see how many people will read up to the end of the entry and be surprised. :p

So, I Am Anti- Valentine's Day.

Don't get me wrong tho. I am NOT bitter whatsoever about Valentine's, Vday, Heart's Day or whichever, whatever, however you wanna call it.

When I was younger, especially during my teen years, I'd always wish that some guy would ask me out on a date and/or surprise me with flowers, chocolates, teddy bears, you know, all those cheesy stuff. But as I grew older, all that had changed. And I have reasons why.

1. BRAGGING - Girls or SOME girls, just brag about what their bf/husband gave to them on Valentine's. There's really nothing wrong about receiving gifts on Vday, it's just, I feel like, some girls are pushing it way too much that gifts on Valentine's Day had become a competition on whose boyfriend/husband gave the biggest, grandest gift. And I also feel bad for men, Valentine's day had become a mandatory day for them to give gifts and surprise their gf/wife. I'd be a hypocrite if I tell you guys that I didn't expect anything from my bf, 'coz I did (somewhat). But it wasn't something material. :D And he did surprise me by singing a song dedicated to me (of course haha) I was touched by the gesture and that was enough. My boyfriend knows me well that him buying me flowers on Vday will not make me happy. haha But there's a gift, and for the sake of not bragging it, I am not telling anyone. =))
2. EMO - Both men and women, esp women had become extra emotional. I'm just gonna quote Aris , my love's fb stat "How incredulous that everybody is making it appear like being single is the worst possible thing that can ever happen to anybody." It's true. Because of the Valentine's Day hype, they just gave the singles another major reason to be so extra emo. I'm not hating, just stating what I hear/read from, especially the single ladies out there like it's the end of their lives or they gonna go homeless.
3. ABSURD - The hype is so absurd. If your girlfriend/wife is really that important to you, make her feel loved 24/7/365. It's so funny how I hear girls telling everyone their Valentine's Day story about how they went to this restaurant, watched a movie, their bf/husband cooked breakfast that morning. I mean, really? Then after Vday, everything is back to normal, the girlfriend/wife is back to being domesticated. Why wait a year to make the person you love feel so special? Can't you make a random day extra special? We don't need February 14 to go on a special date and a date doesn't really need to be so expensive.
4. PATIENCE - Yes, I tend to lose my patience. Even if you have a reservation, the restaurant is still packed and you're lucky if you'll not have to wait 19293838102391 minutes for your food. And your not gonna enjoy the ambiance, with all the people in the restaurant all talking at the same time? pssh.

Again, I'm not a hater. I just don't like the hype, I find it ridiculous.