Today, what will pre-dominately be the theme, will be 'love'. So am gonna join in talking if not showing love. Am no great Historian, so i can't confidently trace the origin of Valentine's day. Even at that, one can deduce it borders on love. The originator certainly showered love on the less privileged, making the lives of the miserable, a memorable one. I believe the 14th of Feb is to commemorate the demise of St. Valentine, not for a poor excuse to use gifts and dinners to jump into the sack for some bit of natural exploitation.
The modern trend has become one for lovers ( both legal and illegal lovers) to prove that they love their partner. It has also turned into a day of judgement. Failure to provide an acceptable gift for him/her marks the beginning of the end of that relationship. You might even be shut out of the bedroom tonight for not providing good evidence of your love for her. Don't get me wrong, am not against it, everyone's got his/her idionsyncracies, mine is definitely not on the 14th of Feb. Maybe am a bit coldhearted or a miserable single male envying the partnered ones....hehe
Well, whatever category you fall into, make an impact on someone less privileged than you today. Not some missplaced sense of love for him/her. Think about this, try showing that love all year round.
Very true! Its a capitalistic invention to make people feel compelled to show their love through materialism, and its so well absorbed into society that if someone didn't make a gesture on Valentines day, their partner would assume something is wrong in the relationship.
ReplyDeletelegal and illegal lovers??? I did not know that love has restrictions so you can categorize respect to system of elaborating right and wrong :)
ReplyDeleteLove has no restrictions but lovers do have restrictions. If you get what i mean...
ReplyDeletehmm well spoken.u dont have to wait for on the 14 feb to express on one hand n on the other hand,apart from this day ur partner/partners show u love so i think on the 14 feb shud be a day to show selfish love.think of the ones that need love to survive n show them love.
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