Valentine's Day is less than a week away, but you don't need a calendar to tell you that. Just turn on a computer, and you'll immediately be bombarded by posts on Facebook about people hating on Valentine's Day, or, even better, people complaining about people hating on Valentine's Day. There are endless ads for Groupons for that special dinner, and various Internet memes making fun of all of the above. From this foray onto my computer, I have come to the realization that you can tell what kind of person one is based on one's thoughts about Valentine's Day.
First, there are the large percent of people who are in a relationship and probably already have plans for that special night. However, this is not a black and white area. There's always some sort of tension over the "first" Valentine's Day date. People have to figure out how much money they're willing to spend. Most importantly, people need to figure out what their expectations are for the night. This usually reflects the kind of relationship that they're in. For those in serious relationships, this can either be a pretty big night or just another date. There are even the bold and daring (or just hopelessly romantic) who will try to have their first date on Valentine's Day.
The majority of these people who have luckily found dates will just have a boring, candlelit dinner at some expensive restaurant (hopefully they saw that ad for the Groupon). The most creative people, however, are distinguished by exactly what they do on Valentine's Day. I know people who have tried a "Reverse" Valentine's Day, where the girl buys the guy flowers and pays for the dinner. However, one can say that this itself is not even that creative, as it is based on the idea that the guy pays and the girl gets chocolates.
Then, there are the people who post Facebook statuses on the 14th where they complain about how Valentine's Day is a capitalist Hallmark holiday that has nothing to do with the saint himself. Yes, the holiday does cause people to spend money at a time when they usually wouldn't. If those people complain about holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah for the same reasons, then I guess that's legit. But if they're only complaining about Valentine's Day because they're single, then they should stop complaining and go find someone to canoodle with. And I'm not just saying that because I have a date for Valentine's Day, because I don't. But there's no point in complaining about it.
And that leads me to the people who post Facebook statuses complaining about the people who are complaining about Valentine's Day. Complaining about other people online is only distracting you from the time you should be spending off your computer, with the people that you actually want to be with, which is the point of Valentine's Day in the first place.
