by Ann KultNot to dis Phil, the groundhog, so quickly, but it is time to move on to matters of the heart here at The Eye.
Eleven more days till Cupid shoots his arrows.
Will it be hit or miss for you this year?
Personally, I've always had a love/hate relationship with Cupid and the annual Day of Candy and Flowers. It always depends on which end of the candy and flowers line I've ended up on -- receiving or not receiving.
What does it mean if the love of your life just plain forgets to remember you on the big supposed-to-be-romance-laden day of the year? Or, ladies, what if he showers you with candy and flowers and a romantic dinner for two at your favorite bistro, but then tosses you to the curb the next week? Has that ever happened to you?
Here's a question I've always wanted answered: Do most men even care if they get anything from their significant other on Valentine's Day?
Oh, the sheer exhausting and puzzling mental and emotional anguish of it all...
Sometimes, I fear, women with high romance needs (not that I'm one, of course) may not only set themselves up for Valentine's Day disappointment, but they also apply an awful lot of pressure on the men in their lives beginning Feb. 1 and not ending till the local florist shuts its doors on Feb. 14.
I once worked at a food broker's office that was located next to a florist shop. I remember one Valentine's Day...one couldn't help but notice the constant stream of men in and out of that florist shop. Not too many women, though.
Well, I'm no expert, but after 26 years of marriage I can tell you this -- it takes more than a dozen roses and a box of fancy chocolates once a year to keep a marriage strong and the love alive.
Hint: Sometimes, regular assistance with dishes, laundry and child care -- without having to ask for it -- throughout the year means more than a big bunch of beautiful flowers one day a year.
However, my advice to all husbands is this...flowers and candy on Valentine's Day never hurts one's marriage.
So, as Valentine's Day nears, I've decided to explore a couple of different "relationship" angles between now and what has become florists' busiest day of the year...
Let's throw confusing local government politics aside, shall we -- if only momentarily -- and take a humorous lookie-loo at the even more confusing politics of love...
Stay Tuned...
15 comments:
If I hear one on my friends try and console me this year with this pharse, " come on it is not so bad, Valentines Day is just an over rated marketing program created by Hallmark" I am going to go postal. Why is it so easy for people who are getting flowers and cards and chocolates to throw that blankety blank stuff out?????? Let people be pissy on Valentine's Day if it is so. Don't try and talk them out of feeling how they feel!
V-Day most certainly IS a ridiculous marketing ploy foisted upon us by the makers of greeting cards, heart-shaped candy boxes and florists. However...
It is also an opportunity to let someone you love know that you're thinking of them; they are special and you appreciate their presence in your life. In a perfect romantic world, we would all do this on a daily basis and we wouldn't need V-Day to spur us into action, but alas...
I have been in really shitty relationships in which the jerk NEVER forgot a valentine's day, and I've been in really decent relationships in which the jerk ALWAYS fogot valentine's day. Make of that what you will.
I won't be getting any symbols of love and adoration this Feb. 14, and I'm not going to mope about it.
Maybe at this time next year I will be involved in an authentic, loving relationship and I will SEND flowers to that special guy.
As for this year, I plan to cook a special dinner for myself on Wednesday, open a nice bottle of wine and soak my feet.
Sign me...
Holding Out for Something Fabulous
whatever miss liberated woman. i want flowers on valentines. a man is supposed to show his girl that he loves her. that's all there is to it.
if my b/f didn't send me flowers, i would break up with him instantly.
i think most women want to feel special at least one day of the year.
Hey, 1:27, I wasn't trying to be all "liberated" on ya. It is too bad though that we have to set aside one day to express feelings to someone we "love", don't you think?
I would be more impressed with a man who brought me a handful of wildflowers on a Tuesday, just because.
don't men want to feel special too?
I'm a man and I love a little something special on V-day. It doesn't have to be much, just enough to know I'm appreciated.
12:56 I have never tried to soak my feet in wine, does it help clear up yellow toe nails?
Well, I've never soaked my feet in wine, but after looking at my post, I can see why you ask.
Whatever trips your trigger, 3:26. Soak away!
And you're right; gestures don't have to be grand to be meaningful.
I have the flowers all ready to go. I just need someone to send them to.
I want wine, roses, candy, and long kisses that last three days! Bring back romance! Nate, I am single!
It's getting hot in here
Awww..Nate, you are such a sweetie! I noticed girls lining up at the Ieyenews door waiting to have a go at you...
My wife has never sent me flowers and I couldn't care less. Valentines is for the ladies.
Where is this door?
Let's sign Nate up for e-Harmony!
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