Now as you can guess today is Valentine’s day and like
everyone else that has someone special in their lives I will be spending today
with my other half but before I do, I thought that I would spend some time
talking to you about what Valentine’s day is and what it means to everyone.
First of all I should point out that Valentine’s Day
comes from very early Christian saint called Valentinus, who would married off
solider to lovers that they were forbidden to be with and because of this he
was imprisoned for his actions, it was also believed that when Valentinus passed
away he had wrote down the words “from your Valentine”. It wasn’t until the 15th
century that Valentine’s Day became known as a day of love around the world and
that the idea of giving cards and gifts wasn’t introduced until the 19th
century.
As you can see the meaning of today has always been
about love and that all time has done is given us away in which we can express
it more clearly to one another.
For me Valentine’s Day has become something of a
hallmark day in which card companies and allsorts find away to hike up prices
to increase their bottom line and that the media makes out that if you want a
happy relationship you need to spend a lot of money. As I said in my last post
I don’t have a problem with the day but I do have a problem with money side of
it.
Love does not have to cost a fortune, just look at the
way in which the Japanese celebrate today, they believe that the 14th
February is where all the woman in Japan give their male lovers or the person
that doesn’t know they like them chocolates and that the males get to repay
this on the 14th of March by giving them a gift that isn’t chocolate.
The only problem that I do have with this is that I am
not a massive fan of chocolate but on the plus it keeps cost low and it also
gives you more time to think about what you can get that person in return, (that
is if you want to but as this is Japan and as there people are very proud you
would still return the good gesture in your own way).
Sometimes the best part about Valentine’s Day is
receiving a gift or a card from someone that hasn’t left their name or you
didn’t know like you in that way. Too me this can be very romantic because if
you are unsure to begin with you can sit from afar and see what happens because
if they are interest then you can make a move and if they are not you can just
let it go.
But there is always one thing that companies forget to
tell you and that is love is not to be shown on just this one day, we should
all take some time out from our busy lives and make time to show the ones we
love or like that we want to be with them.
For me I am now going to get everything ready for a
nice romantic night in with the other half, so until next time.
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