So this is an alternative post to the one on on the main site, which you can read later.
Today is Friday, February 14, 2014: Valentine('s, s'?) Day. I'm not exactly sure what that is supposed to mean. Last year for me it was a show-your-girlfriend-you-care-despite-the-fact-you-see-her-nearly-every-day* thing, but even that felt a bit hollow (though I planned it at least for a week ahead of time). It seems like a lot of emphasis is put on proving things. Proving that you're right, that they're wrong, that you truly love XYZ, that you are loyal to such team or such person, it all seems like it all hinges in this innate distrust people have for one another.
That being said, I think that if you're going to show someone affection, just do it. Don't wait for some arbitrary date to tell someone how they feel (especially holidays, because then those holidays will become associated with said response), use holidays like Valentine's Day as an excuse to go over-the-top. Get him or her two flowers instead of one, I don't know. If you're looking for sound relationship advice from a single, high school junior/web designer, you are doomed.
Nevertheless, I think the holiday is brilliant for expression, a random bright spot in the middle of winter, and here's the best part: not necessary to participate in. But if you want to eat some chocolate, or send some hobo some flowers or whatever, by all means do it!
It has been my experience thus far that the human experience is an experience that requires interaction, and that people rely upon each other to keep moving forward and to stay sane. It seems counterproductive, but who ever said humans were logical?
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*Yeah, so I never talked about this relationship. At all. Honestly, I don't feel it was necessary; she was quite private about the whole thing so I never acknowledged it here, my blog, my choice.
