Valentine's Day
Every year the same. You laugh and joke about it, but in the meanwhile you are seriously hoping thousands of cards will be delivered to your doorstep and you have to make a gruesome yet luxurious decision on which girl to date on this, the 14th of February. But oh, how reality rears its ugly head. Waking up with a hangover and realising I have to work the late shift at the bar tonight...
It also hit me that Valentine's Day is complete horseshit. Same as Mother's Day and Father's Day I might add. All of these events (and more) are just Hallmark occasions invented to up the sales of brightly-coloured crap we don't need. Or are you seriously gonna sit there and tell me that awfully red set of heartshaped coasters is gonna be used all year long? I am convinced that these kind of events are meant either for kids (how they love making dad a new purple and green necktie) or for extremely BORED adults. Also, how would you explain the fact that there is no such thing as Children's Day?
This is the way I see it: if you love each other so much, take her/him (Oh dear, have to keep the emancipation in check here) out for a bit of wining and dining, massages, cinema, strolls in the park, scenic boat tours, dim-lit jazz clubs, salsa nights, whatever tickles your fancy... on April 24th. Or September 1st. Or January 15th. Which ever night(s) is/are most convenient for you. Does it have to be a certain date on which you are OBLIGATED to declare and show your affection... Gimme a break.
I'd like to wish all the people that celebrate Valentine's Day a very nice and loving day. Morons. I'm gonna leave you with a Valentine's Card that very much reflects my feelings on this particular day. If you don't speak or read Dutch: www.dictionary.com
It also hit me that Valentine's Day is complete horseshit. Same as Mother's Day and Father's Day I might add. All of these events (and more) are just Hallmark occasions invented to up the sales of brightly-coloured crap we don't need. Or are you seriously gonna sit there and tell me that awfully red set of heartshaped coasters is gonna be used all year long? I am convinced that these kind of events are meant either for kids (how they love making dad a new purple and green necktie) or for extremely BORED adults. Also, how would you explain the fact that there is no such thing as Children's Day?
This is the way I see it: if you love each other so much, take her/him (Oh dear, have to keep the emancipation in check here) out for a bit of wining and dining, massages, cinema, strolls in the park, scenic boat tours, dim-lit jazz clubs, salsa nights, whatever tickles your fancy... on April 24th. Or September 1st. Or January 15th. Which ever night(s) is/are most convenient for you. Does it have to be a certain date on which you are OBLIGATED to declare and show your affection... Gimme a break.
I'd like to wish all the people that celebrate Valentine's Day a very nice and loving day. Morons. I'm gonna leave you with a Valentine's Card that very much reflects my feelings on this particular day. If you don't speak or read Dutch: www.dictionary.com
posted by Tim Adank at 6:07 AM
5 Comments:
I couldn't agree more. I'd rather do something special on any random day of the year than on a day invented by the media. Same deal with Father's Day and Mother's day. I wonder how many people actually feel shite on days like these.
Isn't "Sinterklaas" or Christmas kind of a Children's Day..just a thought ;)
Anyway..there wasn't anything being done about Valentine's Day 10 years ago, so that says more then enough for me/
Dir Tom,
April 24 th is my mom's birthday and on 1 September I'll be at a concert. Please tell me your availability for 23 August for a stroll in the park
Liv,
Skippy
Hahahaha. Heaumeau. :-D
Well said drummerboyke, heb ik niks meer aan toe te voegen. Have fun on the 23rd of August.
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