Valentines Day, or "Singles' Awareness Day" to some.
I never really realized the significance.
In elementary school it was just another holiday where you get candy from your friends and teachers. Like Halloween or Christmas, but with more girly colors and lots of hearts that taste like chalk everyone gives but no one wants that you end up spitting out on the ground or at the bathroom ceiling and then you try to see how long they'll stick.
And then in middle school, it's about confessing to your crush or talking about your crush or, if you're lucky, you're already dating your crush or at least someone like them and they give you candy and you hold hands during recess and sometimes under the table during class if you're feeling brave enough to chance being caught by a teacher.
I miss the days when being brave was as simple as holding hands under the table.
And then in high school, you're put off into groups. If you're in a relationship you celebrate Valentines Day and if you're not you mourn over "Singles' Awareness Day" and complain about either how you aren't in a relationship or that the entire holiday is stupid and commercial to begin with, which you say because you aren't in a relationship.
And if you do celebrate, you have to worry about the right present for your significant other just as much as you have to worry about what to get for their birthday or for Christmas or for an anniversary. And you try to be romantic for that one day and you act like you're in love if you're not because you don't want to look stupid and unromantic, even if you are stupid and unromantic.
And then suddenly we're no longer separated into the two packs, and we forget the holiday ever happened the day after it's over. Or, at least, until the chocolate is all eaten up or at least thrown away.
But thinking about it...
What's the point of acting romantic for only one day as opposed to all of the days? What's the point of even trying to act romantic at all? Why act different for just one day?
Why is one holiday so complicated? Why does everyone make such a big deal about whether or not it should be celebrated?
You know what I think: just do whatever the hell you want.
If you want to protest how greeting card companies and candy companies and florists use this day to make extra money and how society tries to force everyone to conform to a norm and how you're so special because you refuse to be brainwashed, go ahead.
And if you want to pretend to be romantic and stress out when you can't find the perfect gift and try to be the best boyfriend or girlfriend for the next 24 hours, go ahead.
As for me, I'm going to grab my boyfriend and then maybe we'll have a contest to see who can spit the chalky hearts the farthest and we'll hold hands and laugh.
Because I know I'm not romantic, but I know that he's okay with that and will accept me how I am, so it doesn't matter.
And that's all that matters.
 MiaIkumis#1Fan · Mon Feb 15, 2010 @ 06:31am · 0 Comments |
