Showing your love on Valentine's Day

Today is Valentine's Day and like most countries around the world each one has its own way of celebrate the day. A good example of this would be my last years post that talked about the way in which the Japanese celebrate today but that is not the reason that I am here talking to you about Valentine's Day, no today I want to talk about what I have experienced and what I have seen when it comes to Valentine's Day.

To start with I will begin with those that dislike the day; a lot of people have said that they do not believe in today because they believe it to be nothing more than a Hallmark day (card companies just created the day to make lot of money). Yes I once believed that and I can also understand why people might think that, they could be thinking this because one they could have had a disappointing Valentine's Day before or maybe they could have planned sure a nice day for the person they love and a week before they could have been dumped. Those are just some of the examples that I can come up with but this one could also be linked into what I am able to talk about next.

Next is one that I have seen happen a lot over time and one that is to dump or end a relationship with their significant other today. I can only believe that this is the coward's way out of a relationship because some people believe that today gives them the excuses to tell someone else that that have had their eye on for some time that they really like them and that they want to end their current relationship to start this one with them (here's a hit, go grow yourself a pair of balls and tell them when you first get the felling that you don't want to be with them). If you haven't already guessed it already this is the one that I hate the most and is one that I can say that I have never done before and have no intention of doing because if you feel that you don't want to be in a relationship at the time don't wait until today say it.

Lastly I want to talk about the one which is more likely to happen today and that is we're two people wake up and express their love for one another on this day or when they get home after work. This is the one that I hope a lot of people will experience today because it will show how much you love one another and how much though you have given the day (unless you have said otherwise). Now the drawback to this is a double edge sword because it could tick every box that you were hoping for and more while at the same time it may not come any were near what you were expending (I know that this can happened to me before) which could also be linked to what I said a moment ago about not liking today.

The thing to remember when it comes to Valentine's Day is that planning in advance is the key to how well a day like today goes and showing your love on just one day a year is not good enough, you should be showing your significant other that you love them or want to be with all the time

I hope that you all have a good Valentine's Day and until next time.

Valentine’s Day

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 15^th 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 19^th 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 14^th 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 14^th 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.