Wanting to check the origin of Valentine's day, I've check wikipedia and as well as finding the different believed origins of Valentine's day, I've found that Singles Awareness Day (SAD) is celebrated on the same day.
Yes, it is true that if you're single and comes Valentine's day, you feel like the loneliest person on earth, especially if all your friends are in a relationship. So it makes sense that SAD is "celebrated" on the same day, but Asians take it even a step further, they have a Lovers-go-die club which is a club against lovers or couples (isnt' that just far-fetched or is it just me?).
The day has come and gone.
Whether you are in a relationship and you celebrated with your better half (or chose not to), or you're single and didn't celebrate (or maybe had a drink for SAD), the day is over, and gratefully, we won't have to bear the constant reminder of the media that we need to celebrate love for another year. It never used to be this commercial in MU before, but I guess with the influence of the West, Valentine's day has become quite popular over the last few years.
As one of the radio hosts was saying yesterday, why celebrate love on that day only? Why not celebrate it every day of the year, 365 days a year? The most recurring questions during the day yesterday were "so what did you get from your boyfriend/lover/husband?" or "What did you get your boyfriend/lover/husband?". Does celebrating love resume to giving gifts then?That's what the media wants it to be about and that's what makes the day even more painful for singles.
If you're single and you survived the day without going insane, feeling lonely or sad, congrats to you. It takes a lot of wisdom to recognize that it is just an excuse for people to buy more and be theatrical about their love. Love doesn't have to be this big, as said in 1 Corinthians 13, it does not BOAST.
If you're not single and you celebrated (or not), keep in mind that there are 364 other days where you could be just as considerate for your loved one :P.
4 comments:
excellent article :)
Nice picture... (wasn't here when read the post first time)... Cheers!
yeah, someone told me that this post will be nicer if it had something else...like a picture!!
So there! :P
P.S: he even looked for it :P
I should still understand GIRLS first to celebrate such day ;P *just joking*
yeah, it's true : LOve is an all the year celebrated thing.
but sometimes it's kinda cool. many people work and most don't have time everyday to bring their ones even a flower. that said to many married couple and I think that day is kinda special for them since they know they have to do some sacrifice maybe take a day out of job for their dear ones and spend it like a special moment of the year. I view it like that but the yeah the media kinda exaggerate on the matter.
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