Valentine's Day is upon us again. Despite the promulgation of sappy romance movies and the sudden explosion of red and pink romantic decor in early January, many people happily go with the flow, welcoming Valentine's Day as an affirmation of true love.
And this is really what I don't get! Truly the history of st valentinus was for true sacrifice but what do we sacrifice???? I know you'd want to say love is a sacrifice too but what love? How's love with deceit a sacrifice??
The celebration of this day is over-exaggerated.
Oh well, like my boo will say! I wish every day was Valentine’s!
Why don't we love everyday? Why do we have to wait till Feb14 to show it?? Love is not occasional, don't celebrate because of occasions. Love everyday, or take everyday as Feb14 and there'll be joy everywhere.
Valentine's Day is one special occasion which lovers and couples await to celebrate with great anticipation. I wish everyday was valentine's...... The only moment when people fake to love without knowing the history of it! People are friendlier, lovers are romantic and everybody celebrates Love! The only reason why people get friendlier is because of the gift not because they truly love.
Valentine's Day serves one main purpose: to remind you that in a world of 7 billion people, you still haven't found that special someone...Back in my high school days, students could order Valentine's carnations for their love interests. And you wait all day thinking someone would send you flowers or a bottle of blue cocktail. (From Alhaja yussuf's tuskshop).
Valentine's day is worse because even people with complex relationship pretend to fake love. Cheating on your spouse...sleeping with the boss... Jumping on every guy's dick and yet you want to get a gift or you are expecting someone to show you love.
Imagine a guy who beats his woman everyday celebrate val's day, a day for sacrifice. Or a woman who threatens to break up with his man almost everyday. If you celebrate val, I tell you it's just a waste of money when you have all this characteristics.
I hate the val celebration because of some acts of promiscuity which they have attached to the celebration.
One other thing is it's over-commercialized. The saint's day of an obscure early martyr who had no known interest in love or romance, it is surprising that, according to the US Greeting Card Association, about 1bn Valentine's cards are sent throughout the world each year, fewer only than at Christmas.
I see celebration of val's day as neo-colonialism. A continued colonialism which made us to forget our own traditional values. Imagine, if st valentinus was obatala, will we celebrate it??? Is there going to be an 'Obat' day for celebrating love? I know majority of us won't, because we are vast and magnetted to the euro-western beliefs. We see any celebration of the traditional gods as ungodly, yet we see the celebration of an unknown saint as lovely. Isn't that ridiculous??
Pls note that you are free to take up the argument against and I'll be ready for a debate. Thanks for reading.
I so much love ds article
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