a Normal day, or so it looks

V for Valentine:
Valentine's day king of the commercial holidays,

when everything is just red, wasn't red supposed to symbolize blood, valentines day is always going to be in winter, so you will always have to go out with your girlfriend to that original place you just picked, which happens to be in the great outdoors, or even in a chic cafe that happens to not have a roof. And guess what it may just happen to rain that day, or she might as well try to look sexy and wear that sexy dress you picked for her and freeze to death while listening to the cheesy love songs that are being played by musicians suffering from fucking pneumonia.

Anyways lets assume you are amongst the lucky bunch who managed to get a reservation and therefore you get to sit indoors where you don't have to worry about those poor bastards sitting outside hoping they don't die from a frost bite.

Now its time for a nice meal, some drinks and maybe a long dance, all preprepared to look perfect, you been practicing your moves so you wont embarrass her with all those people watching you. When the time is right you pick up your gift and hand it over, now let me just slow down here for a moment,
Gifts, i had an understanding that people in general agreed to receive gifts in 2 occasions, Birthdays and Christmas and since we never celebrated Christmas this way in Egypt, we only received gifts on our Birthday, so why we have to exchange/give gifts on this day?, some might argue that it is for the sake of expressing your love to your significant other, so I ask then what the hell are anniversaries for?

I don't want to come off as the crazy person who just hates everything, the reason i am very unlikely to ever celebrate this day again is plain and simple, its an imposed ritual, you have to buy expensive gifts, flowers and candles, you have to choose a clever place to take her out, and you still have to impress her all the way. So to summarize that day it all comes to the profit of all those merchants of love, the price of the flower gets quadrupled over night, if you don't act like you are so very happy, you will end up being treated like either a lonely single fool or another buzzkill.

Go celebrate Valentine's your own way, don't go with the hive, be creative how you cherish your precise moments with the ones you love, you shouldn't waste it on pretending to be having fun, and instead of buying her loads of chocolate and candles, just go buy her a diamond ring, she will manage without the chocolate or the candles, or if she really needs them she can buy them herself later, even a toaster would be better than candles.

and one last advice .... stay indoors no one will want to be close to you when you keep sneezing and coughing all night.

cheers

ps.Who still uses candles?, even Nokia put flash lights in their mobiles.