The stores promising to “Make you feel closer with your loved ones,” and “Give those you love a day they’ll never forget,” snatch the doey-eyed, innocent ones into their inescapable tentacles, squeezing every cent out of them, with vows of appreciation from their partners as their only condolence for being cheated of their hard-earned dollar. It becomes a matter of need, the need to feel loved, which businesses exploit. We cynics, all of us, secretly crave those small blue boxes with Tiffany necklaces, the white chocolate-covered strawberries, the roses galore! Valentine’s Day preys on all of those who want to feel wanted. V-Day is the one day of the year that we all believe we deserve a little more love. On a more serious note, however, humans are infatuated with infatuation. Who doesn’t enjoy the overbearing attention associated with everyone’s favorite holiday? And yes, I do mean to come off sounding sarcastic. Those who can budget in the steepest prices sometimes splurge on the little imported delicacies made in France! Oui, oui. It’s a way for rich corporations to make themselves even richer by charging first-rate prices for stuffed teddy bears holding bulging hearts filled with chocolates of fluctuating shapes and sizes. Personally, I think Valentine’s Day is a conspiracy. The stores and ads know just how much people are willing to spend and they capitalize on it. From breakfast in bed to a night at the opera, Valentine’s Day has no limits. It’s the one day of the year where boyfriends and girlfriends, husbands and wives alike, feel compelled to do something cute and rosy for their significant other. What really matters is the day the spawn of his name was christened after: Valentine’s Day.įebruary 14 is the day of love, of hope, of reds and pinks. Nonetheless, to all the millions of people around the world who carry on the notorious Saint’s legacy, his origins are irrelevant. Another Saint was a kind-hearted Roman priest who married young couples against the orders of Emperor Claudius II and as, a result, met his demise. One such tale involved a Saint named Valentine who confessed his forbidden love before being put to death. There are varying accounts of countless Saint Valentines, with no one knowing who they really were and what they did. Saint Valentine: the man, the myth, the legend.

Oh my dollar valentine