Now that its days since the hype and hoopla surrounding Valentine’s Day has died down, I’ll share something I have been wondering about.

This Valentine’s day I saw a lot of ‘forwards’ with the claim that the day is not merely about walking around holding hands with your girlfriend/boyfriend, nor about buying each other gifts or even about declaring your love for each other.

Huh?

I think I must have been asleep like Rip Van Winkle while the world metamorphosed. Oh stop being so dramatic Shail! Sorry readers, that was me talking to myself. You see, I didn’t actually mean the world, just the Valentine’s Day.

The ‘forwards’ (Those damn things again!) mentioned that Valentine’s Day is about love for your father, your mother, siblings, teacher, friend, your dog, cat, turtle, even that tree that stood outside your window and the potted plant on your table.

And of course your phone.

What? You think not? But why?!!!!! You love your phone, right? You don’t want to be separated from it, right? So what if it is not a ‘living’ thing and cannot reciprocate your feelings with an ‘I love you’? Minor matters to be ignored methinks. Does every single person who says ‘I love you’ on Valentine’s Day (or any other day for that matter) get an ‘I love you’ in return? So there!

Now to the point that has been making me wonder:

If you go by the ‘forwards’ and people who share them, everyone mentioned therein are rightful shareholders in the worldwide corporation of Valentine Day Celebrations Incorporated. Yes, the fathers, mothers, siblings, teachers, friends et al who incidentally have ALL got days of their own! Of course except the trees, the potted plants and phones, though I have sneaking suspicion that trees do have a day of their own and are hiding the fact from us. Google shall reveal the truth if asked.

Anyway… WHY are the rest with special days dedicated to them butting into Valentine’s Day and trying to hijack the show from those celebrating romantic love? I mean like really, why can’t you stick to your day and not steal the thunder of the romantics? How about leaving them to their red roses and stuffed toys, chocolates and flowers and declarations of eternal (till the next morning!) love?!

More importantly, just who ARE these people who think up such ‘forwards’? Do they have a day of THEIR own? Methinks not. And that I bet you anything, is the root of the problem 😉

©️ Shail Mohan 2024