V is for Valentines

Roses are red, Violets are blue. Pink is overrated, and chocolate makes you poo.
Roses are red, Violets are blue. Tonight I'm reminded, how much I miss you. .

Valentines is like a grapefruit, you either really like it, or you really don't. It can be a giddy, giggly, romantic night, especially if you are a girl and it's not your bill fold going up in flames. It can be a day of mindless sugar crunching, card-giving bliss. It can be the one day that cooties are neutralized and girls aren't too weird. But Valentines can also be a day of tears...a day where the numbness wears away and your heart groans..a day where you feel abnormal for being alone..a day where eating chocolate isn't a pleasure, but a gross survival therapy. Valentines can hurt...but it doesn't have to.

Too often, Valentines is portrayed as a mass birthday-style holiday mainly directed toward women everywhere. A day to receive love. A day to be fawned over, adored, pampered, and an excuse to dress in hideous shades of mauve and pink. What a complicated way to set the majority of people up for disappointment. Sitting back and waiting for other people to love on you is a sure way to spend a day waiting, and ending it unfulfilled.

So this Valentines, be pro-active. There are hundreds of people around you that are starving for a little affection, especially today. You don't know the difference you could make in a person's life, just by making them smile. Leave chocolates on a desk, send a text, make a call, jot a note in a $.50 WalMart spongebob valentine, it doesn't take much. Besides, when you find that person that makes every day a little better, Valentines will still be overrated, and those candy conversation hearts will still taste like chalk.