Valentine’s Day is soooo
overrated. Not that I am bitter I don’t have a date this year. Even if I do, I
will not be among those who would wait in a resto for a free table, or would
insist on a reservation for a hotel room. Here are 10 other reasons why I find
it exaggerated:
1. My cellfone never stopped
beeping with messages of love (and lust!) in connection with the V (Vagina??) Day. Or of
messages from friends asking me if I have a date; and if I say I don’t, the
succeeding texts would be either of mockery or teasing. I am also assuming a
call from my parents tomorrow to check if I was on a date (that is okay with
them,) or if I brought home a date!
2. Glass walls with cut outs of
two kids kissing. I hope somebody’s creative enough to replace these redundant
posts into two adults kissing instead. It seems more likely than two children
doing it!
3. People wearing red like they’re
attending a Chinese birthday party.
4. Couples seem to be enthusiastic
on what their activities would be tomorrow and how they would make it extra special
for their partner. It’s funny how many unusually sexy ideas were brought up
during my chat with a couple of friends this afternoon. Couldn’t these be done
on any day, not only during Feb 14 of the year?
5. Stores offering Valentine’s day
sale like it’s Christmas. Is there a V day bonus?
6. Stuffed toys and flowers are
out of stock. And so are condoms, I presume! (If you accidentally got pregnant,
you can’t fool your OB when your baby was conceived. Much more, your friends
will never stop making fun of where you were on the V Day.)
7. Love quarrels will cease for a
day, then the ugly relationship resumes on Feb 15.
8. Our Neurology exam set for tomorrow was postponed as per professors’ request.
9. A motel offering discount cards
for Feb 14! Maybe because business will be booming tomorrow, least rate will
just be per hour, not the usual 3 hours!
10. The last and the most
irritating: somebody texting me everyday for the past 7 days doing the count down!
Ano ito, New Year count down??! I hope nobody disturbs me later at 12am to text
a “Happy Valentine’s Day!” or I’ll be damned.
Please, people, calm down!
