Playing Devil’s Advocate on Valentine’s Day.
*A little something I wrote on Facebook. My friend Sam wrote a pretty good status update about love and relationships. I decided to be an ass and write the opposite.
Valentine’s Day is the Black Friday of expectations. There, i said it.
Today isn’t about love, it’s about good ol’ American competition & comparisons: Who can out-do the other guys just so they dont have to hear their gfs/wives bitch & complain about…what the other guys did for their gfs/wives.
“Did you hear what he did for her?! Hmph…must be nice to be taken care of like that…”. *cue eye rolling*
And not just expectations. Today is about conditional love & crippling loneliness(yay!). A flower-buying frenzy and the 1,000 yard stare during yet another shitty commercial about unrealistic “love”(yay!). Today is about solidifying the genuine essence of relationships via a gifts-for-sex exchange(yay! wait…).
Love isn’t about selflessness & sacrifice. That’s how you get taken advantage of. It’s about being rationally crazy and irrationally understanding. It’s about selfishly wanting everything from someone. And having them return the favor. It’s about demanding the best, and delivering it. And why not? You deserve it. So do they.
Every other day, we express our love for each other…sanely. So on Valentine’s day, be i n s a n e.
Don’t buy flowers, plant them. Don’t just eat chocolate…inhale that shit. Yell at each other over meaningless stuff, then have meaningful sex…with each other or with someone else.
Hey…when love is commercialized, only lust is sincere. You know this.
Today marks a date when society will try to control you via expectations…just like every other day. So fuck it: throw caution to wind, drink more than you should, dance your ass off, and take that hottie home, you skinny bitch. It’s all about fun, not expectations. That’s what life should be: unapologetic joy, damn it. For 364 days, you give. Today, take.
So piss off society. Be Different. Be Trouble.
It’s easier to go against valentine’s day when your significant over isn’t in love with the idea she gets presents and attention. My friend had a pretty good status about valentine’s day, too. It was something like
If you’re a single guy or girl on valentine’s day, you’re going to be using tissues for two very different reasons
Vilipend
February 17, 2012 at 11:15 am
Vilipend,
First, thanks for taking the time to comment.
Secondly, I couldn’t agree more with you, and your friend’s status about Vday is hilarious! I wrote this piece to separate love from Valentine’s Day while having fun with both. I’m glad you got that. And I couldn’t imagine being with someone who treats Vday like it’s Christmas 2.0(not saying your significant other does, this is just me exaggerating…while also telling the truth about some people).
Cheers!
Varun
February 17, 2012 at 11:22 am