It's not a "Holiday"! It's just a day that Hallmark has taken hold of and had a marketing field day with. Who cares? The wife and I don't bother. We still have to feed the dogs(got a new one) and cats, go to work, the chiropracter etc. Life doesn't change because i didn't spend $100.00 on flowers the cats will eat and candy that will just make us both fatter. i'm just enjoying the fact that this week is half over. 🙄
Well to those who say that the holiday is just a made-up commercial waste of time, remember that for most people, so is Christmas, New Years, Easter, Mothers Day, Fathers Day, your own birthday, etc. How many people genuinely care about Christmas because of Christ's birth? Most people, even the few religious people I know, like Christmas because their entire family is together, and they get presents.
😛 I'm definitely an atheist, and yet I celebrate it anyway, although not for any religious reason.
What about Easter? I'm not religious, but I still like the holiday because it's fun for children, and because chocolate eggs are teh bomb!
😀 Hell yes, I'll participate.
Sometimes it's not about the meaning of the holiday. If it was, then I wouldn't celebrate Mothers or Fathers Day. I treat my parents really well 365 days a year, and we always get along perfectly well.
🙂 I also buy them stuff once in a while, even if it's something small (eg: sometimes I would buy a nice apple pie from the store so that we can all eat it for dessert after dinner).
I just have fun and participate in holidays like this. I love my girlfriend every other day of the year, but it is kind of nice to give her one day each year that's just hers and nobody elses.
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