Can i please get someone to remove this CEO?
Ok so here goes:
i fucking hate valentines day. ill state my bias up front and that's that ive never shared a valentine's day with a significant other so i may be partial, but i dont hate it for the obvious phrase that is sung from singledom on the bewitching day: "singles awareness day" ... no no, my line if reasoning is not as simple as that. i hate valentines day for a few reasons but first and foremost is the fact that it is sooo commercialized. really... CEOs of gift companies love it, they role in the dough as a result of people in relationships trying to give the right gift, and usually with menfolk it ends up being some kind of sparkly jewelry. have you heard the commercials around valentines day? "guys dont know what to get?... men are you tired of not knowing what to get your partner? guys if you haven't come up with anything..." its all aimed at the men... at least all the ones i heard. sure women are more emotinoally intuitive but ive heard from countless female friends that shopping for guys is hard for them too...nothing says i love you like a gift idea from a commercial... yea thats great! so... in this idea of commerciallized valentines day perhaps couples should just leave the price tags attached and let it be what it is: everybody trying to buy/make the right gift because our calenders and local businesses tell us that its time to appreciate our significant other. in the interest of continuity that brings me to my next point... being a guy's guy and not being as adept at interpreting feelings and emotions, i find it difficult to plan a perfect date... so ii take great pride in attempting to plan a great one date. really, it takes soooo much work trying to pick up on subtle hints about where she might want to go or do... its very rewarding to take a lady friend out on the town and have her enjoy herself. its one of those "trying to provide for and make happy the womenfolk" things left over from evolving mental processes. getting back to it, i really dont want someone who makes a calender influencing when i decide to take my lady out! fuck... its hard enough to plan something and make it special without bringing someone elses opinion into things... all this valentines day does is let comfy girls in relationships get hopes up about what in the hell they are going to get and then face the possibility of disappointment if its not as much or as sentimental as they were thinking. it seems that a celebration with gift giving would be better off as spur of the moment things... christmas and marriage anniversaries are the only time that people should exchange gifts at the same time. if i feel strongly enough about a woman to buy her some kind of gift, i'd much rather give it to her and make it a surprise so there is no time to EXPECT anything... because as i have quoted before from my friend kiki: expectations diminish the value of what actually happens". Again continuing into a different but related peave: when did it become a necessary thing to celebrate just one day of the year? ive taken the old lady out before and had a fantastic evening dining in a nice restaraunt or going to see a broadway show. and yes, these happened on days that were not Feb. 14. whats this? we can appreciate each others company whenever we want? wow!!! so why is it that everyone buys into this February 14th bull shit? really... who decided? why not march 7th, or april 22nd, or i dunno... any other day of the year. i guess that my problem is that emotionally immature people see as this fantastic day... thereby focusing on their expectations or creating some of what will happen for them or what they will get... that is very much a selfish mentality but it would take a grownup person to aknowledge that and dispense with the false euphoria that sweeps our nation every february.
now a few things should be obvious with this post:
1. i am not a scrooge about being appreciative of a ladyfriend in my life, on the contrary i usually am thankful for someone each time they cook for me or do something thoughtful. i just like to appreciate in my own ways, on my own time and terms
2. i am most definately going to need a more progressive/contemporary significant other... because i am clearly displaying my lack of being a fairytale/traditional male in this post
3. i have spent entirely too much time discussing the unpleasantries of 14 feb.
i fucking hate valentines day. ill state my bias up front and that's that ive never shared a valentine's day with a significant other so i may be partial, but i dont hate it for the obvious phrase that is sung from singledom on the bewitching day: "singles awareness day" ... no no, my line if reasoning is not as simple as that. i hate valentines day for a few reasons but first and foremost is the fact that it is sooo commercialized. really... CEOs of gift companies love it, they role in the dough as a result of people in relationships trying to give the right gift, and usually with menfolk it ends up being some kind of sparkly jewelry. have you heard the commercials around valentines day? "guys dont know what to get?... men are you tired of not knowing what to get your partner? guys if you haven't come up with anything..." its all aimed at the men... at least all the ones i heard. sure women are more emotinoally intuitive but ive heard from countless female friends that shopping for guys is hard for them too...nothing says i love you like a gift idea from a commercial... yea thats great! so... in this idea of commerciallized valentines day perhaps couples should just leave the price tags attached and let it be what it is: everybody trying to buy/make the right gift because our calenders and local businesses tell us that its time to appreciate our significant other. in the interest of continuity that brings me to my next point... being a guy's guy and not being as adept at interpreting feelings and emotions, i find it difficult to plan a perfect date... so ii take great pride in attempting to plan a great one date. really, it takes soooo much work trying to pick up on subtle hints about where she might want to go or do... its very rewarding to take a lady friend out on the town and have her enjoy herself. its one of those "trying to provide for and make happy the womenfolk" things left over from evolving mental processes. getting back to it, i really dont want someone who makes a calender influencing when i decide to take my lady out! fuck... its hard enough to plan something and make it special without bringing someone elses opinion into things... all this valentines day does is let comfy girls in relationships get hopes up about what in the hell they are going to get and then face the possibility of disappointment if its not as much or as sentimental as they were thinking. it seems that a celebration with gift giving would be better off as spur of the moment things... christmas and marriage anniversaries are the only time that people should exchange gifts at the same time. if i feel strongly enough about a woman to buy her some kind of gift, i'd much rather give it to her and make it a surprise so there is no time to EXPECT anything... because as i have quoted before from my friend kiki: expectations diminish the value of what actually happens". Again continuing into a different but related peave: when did it become a necessary thing to celebrate just one day of the year? ive taken the old lady out before and had a fantastic evening dining in a nice restaraunt or going to see a broadway show. and yes, these happened on days that were not Feb. 14. whats this? we can appreciate each others company whenever we want? wow!!! so why is it that everyone buys into this February 14th bull shit? really... who decided? why not march 7th, or april 22nd, or i dunno... any other day of the year. i guess that my problem is that emotionally immature people see as this fantastic day... thereby focusing on their expectations or creating some of what will happen for them or what they will get... that is very much a selfish mentality but it would take a grownup person to aknowledge that and dispense with the false euphoria that sweeps our nation every february.
now a few things should be obvious with this post:
1. i am not a scrooge about being appreciative of a ladyfriend in my life, on the contrary i usually am thankful for someone each time they cook for me or do something thoughtful. i just like to appreciate in my own ways, on my own time and terms
2. i am most definately going to need a more progressive/contemporary significant other... because i am clearly displaying my lack of being a fairytale/traditional male in this post
3. i have spent entirely too much time discussing the unpleasantries of 14 feb.
posted by 13ismyluckynumber at 5:38 PM
1 Comments:
bahahaha, so funny, so true.
love it.
Totally check out this link, I think you'll like it:
http://www.zefrank.com/valentine/
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