Oh I hate 14 Feb

[almostwitty]

Secret Asian Man comic

Originally uploaded by almost witty's blog

If only because it's third (only to birthdays and Christmas) for fake sentimental emails from companies and shops trying to get you to buy lovey-dovey goods and pretending to be your friend by wishing you a happy Valentines Day.

I mean... the whole point of it is that it's meant to be a heartfelt thing between you and the person that you love. Not an e-shop that you once put your email address down for. Grrrr.

For more anti-Valentine rants, check out the brilliant Charlie Brooker, the anti-Valentine cards or previous semi-rants about Valentines Day.

And I'll leave you with this entirely unrelated comic that came from the superlative Secret Asian Man:

Comments

[sioneva.livejournal.com]

For my part, while I love my husband to pieces, it's nice to have an excuse to go out of my way to buy him a nice card and have a special dinner out. Finances can be so tight that we just don't do those things on a regular basis, so while I think V-D is WAY too commercialised, I don't mind the sentiment behind it, namely, taking time to actually do something nice for your sweetie instead of thinking about it and then being too busy to do it.

However, it is appallingly over-sentimentalised and over-commercialised, so I absolutely understand where you're coming from!