Ah yes... Valentine's Day is quickly approaching us. In the days before February 14th, men and women invade nearly every store and restaurant that has some type of aphrodisiac. And on February 14th, the trips and purchases will be exchanged. People will get to see their significant others in that hot see-through bra they saw in the window at Victoria's Secret... or those silk Calvin Klein boxers from JC Penney. Maybe they will take each other out to a nice, romantic restaurant, drink some wine, do some playful flirting, then go home, and eat dessert... off of each other's belly buttons. Ah yes, Valentine's Day. The holiday for the grown and sexy. Mmm hmmm...
Wait a minute...
Ummm...
Is the special day of love really primarily geared toward adults?
Hmmmmm....
I'm not sure that Valentine's Day is only for adults... or maybe it is... I don't know...
Do you remember when you were in elementary school? There were a lot of little boys and girls that were learning what to say and what not to say when they were expressing their affection for a hottie in their class. Do you realize that kids actually get nervous about the holiday too?! All around the country, kids are buying up those cards that come in packs of 30 or 100. And then they take that one card and write their honey's name in extra big letters... and spell "LOVE" with a heart instead of an O, and put extra candy in the envelope. And if they aren't putting their hearts into that envelope, kids are hoping that someone did that for them too! This is puppy love! This is where it starts!
So who is it really for? The history of Valentine's Day is greatly disputed, so it's hard to tell from that. But what we see on TV and in the media is a Valentine's Day geared toward adult expressions of love and "romance." That ignores what the kids are doing and feeling at the same time.
Once again, I have mixed feelings about this. So who do you think it's for?
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