BRACE YOURSELF:

VALENTINE IS COMING.

It probably won't surprise you too much, but I think Valentine's Day is really stupid. Valentine's Day is a commercial invention that forces people to buy each other ugly plush bears and red hearts. To go out to dinner under pressure, to give Hallmark a new boost, and to provide each other with red roses wrapped in that silly plastic cellophane. My biggest argument against Valentine's Day is still: why do you need a special day to declare your love for each other?

Fortunately, I have Jet sitting across from me, and she is, of course, crazy about Valentine's Day. “I am definitely a huge romantic. I just really enjoy celebrating that with each other when you have a love. And yes, then you go along with the rest, but if that's the worst part.” May I also mention that while Jet is saying this, she is just about to float away with her idealism?

It is, of course, very childish and I am being incredibly dramatic

Then May-Britt, who has been with the same man for 13 years, is a bit more on my side. “Well, I think it's pretty stupid on one hand because it imposes on someone that you HAVE to be nice to each other THEN. But on the other hand, it is actually quite nice to be extra sweet to each other on such a day. What bothers me the most is that it often has such an incredibly cliché approach, with chocolates, teddy bears, rose petals, and hearts. By the way, I also don't like that if you don't have a relationship, you immediately feel like such a super loser.”

I can still remember a Valentine's Day when my boyfriend at the time had reserved a rather romantic restaurant. As a surprise. Super sweet of course, but I just couldn't handle going out to dinner surrounded by couples on that particular day . It is, of course, very childish and I am being incredibly dramatic, but I just can't do it. I think going out to dinner is the most fun thing there is on all days of the year except on that one day.. And I live perfectly well with that. Despite my sometimes somewhat dark way of looking at things, I truly have a warm heart for love. Really! But just on February 12. And on the 13th and the 15th. Furthermore, I wish everyone a very loving day next week and hope that all preparations will go smoothly. And what am I going to do that day? I will be with my dearest Amayzine girls in New York, and that is always more fun than with any man. Besides, who needs a Valentine.

when you already have a Valentino ? My point exactly.It probably won't surprise you too much, but I think Valentine's Day is really stupid. Valentine's Day is a commercial invention that forces people to...