So, you got roses for the special day? Awww how sweet and original! I bet that took what, all of 30 seconds to think of. Yup, you're a lucky girl. He really loves you! So much that he paid someone to do all the work involved with your gift for this special day. Hey, why get you something that you can use and that will last when you can have beautiful flowers that you can watch slowly die. Nothing says romance like the sweet stinch of almost dead roses.
According to every commercial I've seen in the past week I should be drooling over the idea that I'll get something shiny and new wrapped in a velvet box for Valentines's Day. Well no thank you! Maybe I'm just too practical or way too cheap but I'd rather have something I can actually use. This year I got my Valentine sheets. Why? Simple, because he needed sheets. There is nothing romantic or sweet about sheets, at all. But I got him sheets because he needed them. And in return I got a My K-Cup for my Keurig, because that's what I wanted! No large amount of money spent, no useless crap gift that I'll put on a shelf and forget about six months from now. Just something small and thoughtful.
The problem with Valentine's Day is that most women have a completely unrealistic expectation for this stupid holiday. Like most girls, I've had some great Valentine's Days and I've had some really shitty ones and for that I partly blame the men in my at the time but I also blame the stupid fairy tail forced down our throats by romantic comedies.
This year I encourage everyone to watch at least one of the following movies with their significant other:
Why, you ask? Simple, because they don't really have happy endings. They are movies about people in relationships and what happens when those relationships don't work out. Sometimes it isn't about finding your one true love, or soul mate, or even the person you might be able to stand for the rest of your life if you plan on settling but it's about having fun and being happy; even if that happiness is only for a short time.
