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Valentine’s Day Makes the SEXES Butt Heads ;)

Posted by on February 13, 2012

Ladies, how many times has a Valentine’s Day come and gone, and you’ve been left disappointed?

Men, how many times has a Valentine’s Day come and gone and you’ve just dreaded the days leading up to it fretting on what to get, or what to do for that holiday?

Ladies, how many times have you gone out and bought some sexy lingerie in hopes to spice up the bedroom?

Men, how many times have you gone to the grocery store on the day of Valentine’s Day looking for something last minute only to find that the minute you gave it to her, you felt her disappointment?

Valentine’s Day is that dreaded day once a year where the Sexes literally butt heads.  Where Men equate Romance to Sex, and women equate romance to anything but.

The day where chocolate and teddy bears and flowers are flooded throughout the stores, where as you lay your head to bed at night, the thoughts of hearts, and the color red haunt your every dream.

My SO has coined the term of Valentine’s Day as “the woman’s second birthday.”  The fact that he keeps reminding me is that St. Valentine was a Saint, and it was started with the idea of brotherly love more than being flooded with gifts, etc.

For me, the idea of Valentine’s Day was never one of extravagance.  I don’t like going out that night for the restaurants are far too crowded, and it’s just better to stay in than deal with the crowds that evening.  However, because of the Chick Flicks I’ve seen in my life, and the idea of being treated like a lady, the thought of a GREAT date idea has crossed my head a time or two.  The idea of beautiful flowers being delivered to me at work has put a smile on my face a time or two, and the idea of being in a romantic balloon ride has filled my head with awe.

But those dates, and those things don’t happen in my life.  They just don’t.  But is it because of the ideals I see in movies, the ideals that hope to become reality set me up for disappointment on the actual day of Valentine’s?  That when in fact he takes the time for me to go to a Chick Flick and dinner, I don’t appreciate it because I’m hoping for that something more?

That’s what’s wrong with Valentine’s Day.  That’s whats wrong with the whole idea.  It’s a day to celebrate our love for one another, whether mom, dad, brother, sister, lover, daughter, son, or friend.  It’s a day to let the ones we know we love know we care.   A day to think of them, and give a gesture to a stranger.  A day to honor those around us, and appreciate what it is we do have.

So today, instead of fretting over the flowers you may not have gotten, or the dinner you got instead of the one you hoped for, remember to just appreciate what’s in front of you as opposed to what could have been.

Truly the biggest lesson I ever got out of Valentine’s Day…

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