Valentine's day

So it's Valentine's day.
As you can probably tell by all the pink and red everywhere. And people complaining about it too.
But here I am, fairly neutral on the whole day.

While I do believe this day has become way too commercialized and puts the pressure on people to spend money they don't have, I think the idea of the day is what I enjoy. What is really wrong with having a day set aside to let your loved ones know that you love them. I think everybody has a loved one in one way or another, whether it is a spouse, parent, child, friend, etc. And yes, I think telling those people you care about that you love them is something you should do everyday. But I don't know. I sort of think that Valentine's day is a good way to break up the winter blahs. For me anyway. Of course it does make those who are single more aware of the fact that they are single. But it shouldn't.

What I think is that Valentine's day is really similar to Mother's Day and Father's day. They are all days set aside to let certain people in your life that you care. And all three are very commercialized, yet it seems a lot more people are extremely cynical when it comes to V-day.
Of course not everyone has a boyfriend or girlfriend or husband or wife.
But not everyone has a mother to celebrate mother's day with either. Or a father for father's day. So why are those two days more accepted than this day.
I say enjoy it.
I'm not celebrating today, as I had class today and won't get to see J until Friday at the earliest. But we'll still have our own mini celebration.
And I'll be celebrating tomorrow as well by myself when I go to the grocery store to purchase marked down heart shaped chocolates :p

So I don't know if I'm totally neutral on this, but the way I see it is that even if J and I weren't together, I'd still be getting chocolate on sale either way. Silver lining folks, silver lining.