Valentine's Day

Valentine's Day came and went. It was uneventful and drab which is exactly how I like it. It was just another Tuesday. I don't want to sound bitter, but I am most definitely anti-Valentine's Day. In my opinion,  Valentine's Day is just another holiday exploited by Hallmark to make sales. I mean, do we really need to designate a day to show our loved ones that we care? I think not. That's something that should be done on a regular basis.

I would personally prefer that my significant other treat me like crap one day a year and be loving the other 364 instead of the opposite. I also don't believe that a grand gesture is needed to prove your love and devotion. If a man sends me flowers on Valentine's Day, in my mind, it's pretty much meaningless. He's sending them out of a sense of obligation. He's basically feeling pressured by society to perform like a circus clown. He's basically trying to avoid the wrath that he believes he'll get if he doesn't do what is expected. That is super lame in my book.

However, if that same man sends me flowers on a random day for no apparent reason, then it means so much more. I would appreciate that heartfelt and sincere gesture one hundred times more than receiving obligatory flowers. When I was 19-years old, I had to work late on Christmas Eve and I was super bummed about it. It was my son's first Christmas and I had to work. The call center was pretty lonely since there was just a skeleton crew on duty and all I wanted to do was to go home to my baby. I saw the secretary walking through the center holding a beautiful arrangement of deep red roses with pine accents and I remember thinking "God, those flowers are gorgeous". I almost cried when she walked up to my desk and set them down. I've received flowers on many different occasions and from many different men, but those flowers are the ones that have meant the most to me. He knew I was down and he sent them to lift my spirits. He sent them as an act of kindness and I will never forget that. Those are the kind of flowers I want to receive. I want flowers and cards that mean sincerely something