It's so commercialised - so fake - that it has nothing to do with love and everything to do with 'love' (the latter being written in bold pink writing and surrounded by lurid love hearts). I could go into such a long rant about this, but I hope I can keep somewhat concise.
Valentine's Day advertises love as garish and materialistic - exactly opposite to what it actually is. Real love cares nothing for chocolates or roses. Of course, they're sweet, affectionate gestures, but on Valentine's Day, it seems to me that they mean nothing. They're just 'the thing' to do, because everyone else is doing it. All of a sudden proclaiming your love for someone becomes a bigger thing than on any other day.
I object.
Love, if truly felt, should be professed constantly - through actions of support and encouragement more than through words or roses. Valentine's Day quite defies - almost ridicules, in some ways - what I think love should be, and I have a problem with that.
OK, rant over.
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