Checkmark | an untimely valentines day post

*ideas lifted from ze's vlogs*

In sixth grade I made a valentines day card for little miss right. It said, "Do you like me? yes or no? ..... check one" (it has those little checkboxes next to each word)

I don't know what happened to that card.

Maybe she didn't have a pen.,., or she lost it., I'm not sure.

That was back when we really understood the rules of attraction. It was just 'yes' or 'no'. There was no 'maybe'. Maybe came later when we learned words  like 'salary'... and 'job security'... and 'erectile dysfunction'.,LOL.XD


We don't know much about the real saint Valentine, but he's rumored to have sent the first valentines i-love-you card while he was in jail which sort of is an interesting metaphor..

Valentines day is actually based on a much older Roman holiday called 'Lupercalia'. Young boys would take bloody strips of freshly-killed-goats hide, and take them through the streets gently slapping women with them, due to the belief that it would make them more fertile. I don't know why we don't do that anymore, i guess some traditions just kinda get lost.

In terms of holidays, Valentines day is like the opposite of Christmas... On Christmas we go to bed looking forward to exchanging gifts with the people we love.. On valentines day we exchange gifts hoping to go to bed with the people we love...

Having a holiday where you're supposed to feel loved though, is kind of tough... it's hard to do under pressure... It's like.. "Have a Great Idea or Else day"....  or "Pee!!! Right Now!!! day"...

If you think about it... saying i love you on valentines day means less than it does on pretty much any other day of the year.. It's like there's inflation in the romance currency..

Saying i love you on February 14 is like going to the doctor's office and saying, "I'm sick"... and then he gives you a balloon saying, "Yes, you're sick"... (I love you... I love you too)

It doesn't work that way... The doctor's gonna ask for symptoms.,  Do you feel nauseous? Are you having trouble sleeping?

and... if you don't have/feel any symptoms... you probably shouldn't be in the doctor's office in the first place..

Maybe that's what's missing from valentines day.. A choice..

It could be like "Relationship Apocalypse Day"  .. A once a year judgement day when couples could decide whether they wanted to stay or leave without any hard feelings. - - - For months in advance people would be giving each other massages and chocolates and flowers.. all in anticipation of getting that little card back with a check mark next to YES.. or NO..

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