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The Reality Of Valentines Day
Posted by Simple Dude | Posted in Holidays | Posted on 14-02-2013
Sometime struck me yesterday. I decided that I am sick of people complaining about Valentines Day being commercialized. Sure, it can be a little annoying, but I discovered it doesn’t piss me off the way it used to.
The reason is money. EVERYTHING in modern society is commercialized. It’s the world we live in. If someone out there can make a buck off something someone else is doing, they’re gonna do it. Simple as that.
If the company that pays your check doesn’t commercialize something somewhere, it’s only because they don’t have the opportunity do so. And as long as it’s not illegal or unethical you should not fault a company in free society that wants to make money. ESPECIALLY one that pays you.
The same people that whine about the over commercialization of this holiday are the same people who tell everyone to “SHHHHH” when the commercials come on during the Super Bowl. Listen here genius… it’s the same thing.
Corporate America is going to do what they are going to do. And Valentines Day, like every other day in your life, is what YOU choose to make it.
So…. after getting that off my chest… In the immortal words of the comic mastermind Rodney Dangerfield:
Right? Enough said.
Hope every one of you has exactly the kind of Valentines Day you want to have and not the kind the greeting card companies and florists want you to have.
SD
Does a florist gets flowers on V-day?
Posted on: Feb/14/2013@8:37 am
Valentines Day doesn’t piss me off, per se. It elicits more of an annoying feeling than anything else. I love the people I love in my life the same every day, and not one iota more today because I’m supposed to give them a card and some candy or flowers. Just sayin.
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Posted on: Feb/14/2013@9:08 am
And a happy Valentine’s Day to you too…. enough said.
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Posted on: Feb/14/2013@9:51 am
I’ll file it under “annoying” too. Mostly because it’s my wife & not me gettng the gifts & candy on Valentine’s Day. It’s not like I want flowers or anything, but the thought would be nice. You know?
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Posted on: Feb/14/2013@9:59 am
Got to agree with you there. Welcome to capitalism.
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Posted on: Feb/14/2013@11:11 am
It’s all because the secular progressives are conducting a War on Saint Valentine!
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Posted on: Feb/14/2013@12:03 pm
I agree that commercialization is annoying as hell, but I don’t think peoople should piss and whine about it. The Valentines Day we know is a commercial holiday anyway. And, besides, if you don’t like it, don’t participate. Complaining ain’t going to change it either.
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Posted on: Feb/14/2013@12:29 pm
I’m having a night at work, then coming home and realizing my boyfriend (aka vodka) isn’t where he is supposed to be in the freezer. I’ll then be depressed and watch tv trying to get drunk off tea.
I even took tomorrow off expecting to be the kind of hungover where I say I’m never drinking again… but then drink that night.
Happy Thursday of special sex. k
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Posted on: Feb/14/2013@4:20 pm
you are so right. nothing is sold without a person to buy it.
VD…it serves the purpose it is intended from the commerce standpoint.
it may be the gift that keeps on giving, but unlike the OTHER VD…
it is infinitely curable…
but getting upset because your man or woman did not do the proper thing on VD is a problem.
one that i stopped worrying about a long time ago. like 3rd grade…
just another day…in Paradise!
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Posted on: Feb/15/2013@9:07 am
Be thankful for small things. My wife prefers tulips to roses and I am thankful. I know if she suddenly becomes pissed at me for no reason as often happens, getting smacked in the face with a bouquet of tulips leaves you with a wet face. Getting smacked with a bouquet of roses can be much more painful and will leave scars.
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Posted on: Feb/15/2013@2:25 pm
This post inspired me to put my Valentine’s day experience on my blog. I hope you get a chance to check it out because I am on my way to resolving personal conflicts with excessive costs involved in telling a sweet thing how much you love her. Did you know a plain run-of-the-mill old two dollar Valentine now runs you about eight bucks?
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Posted on: Feb/27/2013@7:24 pm