VD/Valentine's Day

Is it me or is Valentine's Day and VD (venereal disease) based on the same premise? Hmm, they even have the same initials...interesting indeed.

Valentine's Day: Some little fucker shoots you and then you start feeling funny. If those feelings are ignored (i.e. no gift, or unrequited love), you can end up going crazy. And the worst part is, it's contagious.

VD: Some little fucker shoots you (or vice versa), you start feeling funny (burning, itching, etc.). If those feelings are ignored, you can end up going crazy (as in the case of syphillis). And the worst part is, it's contagious.

When I was a freshman in college, some crazy chick down the hall drank a whole bottle of vodka and had to be rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning...all because she didn't have a Valentine. Because of her crazy ass, I had to spend a whole frickin' hour listening to RAs and RDs extol the dangers of alcohol. As if that wasn't bad enough, we had to role play situations involving underaged drinking. *sigh* All because the chick didn't have a date on a frickin commercial holiday. Guess it's a good thing there were no bridges on campus...

From that moment on, I resolved that Valentine's Day would be like any other day in my book. As I've gotten older and seen the crazed frenzy the day causes in grown-ass people, I've become even more anti-V-Day. It's annoying to me to hear women obsessing over what their boyfriends did or didn't do on one day out of the year. I mean does it really make you feel better that he bought you chocolates and roses, then the next day he reverts into the same selfish, lazy bum he was the day before Valentine's?

I'm now at the point where I don't think I could date a dude who was into Valentine's Day....ok, maybe if I got to know him before the day and then he just happened to be a V-Day celebrater. I'd continue to date him, but he'd lose major cool points. I think it's lame for anyone to go all out on some made-up, commercial holiday. I'd much prefer a dude who'd send me flowers because it's Wednesday. Or because he thought of me. Or because he walked by some lilies and knew I'd like them. I'd even be good with a dude who didn't send flowers on ANY day of the year. But to send them to me because everyone else is doing it? Nah, that's not my style.

Actually, the only holiday I really expect a dude to acknowledge as something different from any other day of the year is my birthday (and if I ever get married, our anniversary). The craze and pressure of what to buy, what to do, etc., is just entirely too much for my impatient and cynical nature to handle. I actually got an email from someone (I'll answer it tomorrow) who wanted to know if going to the gym on Valentine's Day looked desperate. I mean, really!

I don't mean to make V-Day sound like a bad thing; but recognize it for the commercial holiday it is and move on. Don't make it this big thing that consumes you for two weeks prior. When it's all said and done, it's just another day like the one before it: someone will most likely piss you off at work; you'll probably not get a seat on the train; and I'm almost sure your boss won't let you leave early just 'cause it's V-Day.

Do you celebrate VD...er, Valentine's Day?