Valentine’s Day is the day to celebrate love, happiness, and romance, right? WRONG! It’s a day to feel lonely and depressed if you’re single. There are so many reasons to hate Valentine’s Day, including expensive spending, it’s just a reminder of what you don’t have, so many couples break up on Valentine’s Day, and it sets a terrible notion that love should only be celebrated on one day.
Valentine’s Day is just a gimmick to get people to spend too much money and time finding the perfect gift. Some partners will go all out to impress their partners, even with something they don’t like. Some people will get their girlfriend or boyfriend really expensive chocolate when they don’t even like chocolate! Companies that produce flowers, candy, clothing, greeting cards, and jewelry make an extensive profit on or around Valentine’s Day. For example, Hallmark, Hershey, Necco, Tiffany & CO, and Victoria’s Secret make a fortune on Valentine’s Day.
Who wants to be reminded of what they don’t have or have lost? No one does, but we must spend a whole day being tormented by all the happy couples around. It is a day for every single couple in the world to brag about how in love and happy they are. It truly stinks to be home alone while everyone is going on these romantic dates. It demolishes the self-esteem of any single person and makes them question why they aren’t in a relationship.
Despite being the day of love, many couples or marriages split up right before, during, or after Valentine’s Day. Some partners find it too stressful or too much pressure to live up to that perfect Valentine’s Day. They are worried about what to get, how to dress, how to act, or if their partner will even enjoy it. This stress leads to tension and resentment in the relationship, thus causing a terrible breakup. The couples that break up can already be struggling, or they can be the perfect, ideal couple. And now, these couples who were supposed to have the most amazing Valentine’s Day spend it crying instead.
Valentine’s Day sends a terrible notion to children that love should only be celebrated one day out of the year. If you go all out on Valentine’s Day but treat your spouse like garbage the rest of the year, what kind of example does that set for a child? It teaches them they only have to prove their love for one day and then they are off the hook for the rest of the year. Instead, we, as a society, must show that love should be expressed throughout the year. Buy your spouse flowers or get them a gift when they least expect it. It is more romantic, and it shows that you genuinely care. As for a holiday, this one is the pits and we should get rid of it!
