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Valentine's Day Needs To Die

Disclaimer: I am single

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Valentine's Day Needs To Die

First thought about Valencrap Day: Why is there a day that acts like you are supposed to love me extra for one day? If you love me, you better be loving me 24/7 365 (or 366).

Love should not be designated to an annual day. It's simply a retail stunt, and a reason to buy chocolate, wine, dinner, and new lingerie. All the couples act mushy gushy like their feelings for each other are more extravagant for the day (and we all gag). Then you have single people who either get upset or do anti-Valentine's rants. And those single people still buy into it, purchasing heart shaped donuts. Maybe buy themselves flowers. “I don’t need a man” articles start popping up and I’m over here thinking, you love your friends, go celebrate with them and stop whining.

I would want my significant other to show love all the time, random flowers, random dates just for fun. It would be sad if they just got flowers because they felt obligated on this day of love. I personally would not qualify that as love, that sounds cheap. It almost does not make sense to celebrate a day of an emotion. We do not celebrate a happy day. Why is that? Because you show happiness when you are happy, just like you exhibit love when you love. I don’t snuggle with my dog only on Valentine’s Day to show her love, I do it daily because that what love it. Please don’t be like, “Wait, I cannot show that I love you today because it's not Feb. 14.”

What is love, anyway? Love actually has a name, that is not love. The name is Jesus, just Jesus. The Bible says in 1 John 4:8 that God is love. In essence, you cannot truly love if you do not have God. God showed his love for the world via Jesus. Jesus is the exhibit of God’s love. Jesus is the ultimate example of love, and if you don’t have Jesus you don’t have love. Following me?

I am 110 percent sure God is not going to love me more or exhibit his love anymore on Valentine’s Day than he does June 5or Aug. 30 or any other day of the year. If love is in favorite of a specific day, then it is not true love. If they love you more or primarily exhibit their love for you on Feb. 14 or an anniversary, you need to peace out of that relationship ASAP! Love is not physical, love is not spoken, love is shown.

Regardless of my relationship status, I’m going to love all the people I love on a daily basis. Yes, we do, stupidly, celebrate a day of love, but there is nothing that says you have to give that day to a significant other. Your relationship status does not define your love life! I gift those I love randomly because I want to, I write love letters to strangers year around because I can. Never would I limit love to one day or one person. Whether I get chocolate on Feb. 14 or Oct. 1, I do not care. My family or friends might get me flowers, or I might go get them for myself because I love myself and I can. Chocolate would never define anything because it’s a part of my daily diet.

Wrap up: Valentine’s Day is a hoax, it's all about the money. If you only get special exhibitions of love one day a year, say, “Bye, Felicia.” You can love more than one person. Lastly, love is not just a romantic thing, it’s a human being thing, single or off the market does not define your love life.

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