Love is in the air, the pungent scent of romance

Ashley Lawson

Here’s the obligatory Valentine’s Day sucks article.
Happy, “unimaginative, consumer-oriented, entirely arbitrary, manipulative, shallow interpretation-of-love,” day.
Candy hearts, chocolates and a sea of red drench stores everywhere.
It’s true, nothing says “I love you” like saturated fats and barely-there lingerie.
It’s almost impossible to avoid the sappy, love-sick cult.
For one day only, people are supposed to express their love for another with gooey Hallmark cards and See’s Candies.
The entire month leading up to the 14 of February surrounds you with nauseating displays of affection, cupids, and hearts.
Yeah, nothing says “you’re special” like a mass produced sentiment written by someone else.
The Greeting Card Association estimates that 1 billion valentines are sent world-wide each year. That figure makes this ridiculous day the second-largest card-sending holiday out of the year, behind Christmas.
I quit participating in this couple’s focused holiday when I was 10.
That was about the time we stopped having to make valentine mailboxes and cards, unlike the rest of the population.
It’s hard to see the importance of this “holiday” when believing in love seems so trivial.
I love you, blah, blah, blah, hearts and roses, yadda, yadda, yadda, kisses, etc.
The majority of guys would prefer this day did not even exist.
I wish women would jump on that bandwagon, but apparently women give in to the sappy love stuff.
The association estimates that, in the United States, men spend twice as much for Valentine’s Day than women.
At least they’re only one heart-shaped box of chocolates away from scoring.
Women try to convince men that this day is really something special, but in reality, it’s the exact opposite.
If you are in love, then it’s probably a good idea to show it year-round and not pin-point one day during the calendar year to show your love.
In the meantime, I will be celebrating Arizona’s birthday, partying like it’s 1912!

  • Mesa Legend Staff

    These are archived stories from Mesa Legend editions before Fall 2018. See article for corresponding author.

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