Valentine's Day is a hoax, right?
When you stand in line at the grocery store in front of and behind four guys who all are shelling out a sweet premium for roses and chocolates, do you get the urge to belt out a resounding "MOOOoooOoo!"? Do you feel like so much cattle when you go out for your "romantic" dinner for two with every other couple in the county? I envision the waitstaff all wearing chaps and cowboy hats herding the cattle to their seats. Is this love? Or extortion? Or guilt?
Let it be neither of the last two. Married man, love your wife so much the rest of the year that when you hand her your chocolate donation today that she laughs, because you're usually not that type of schmuck. Wives, be an active participant in this holiday. Buy something, or plan something for your man. Valentine's Day should be about relationships and not about you. And each member of the relationship should act like it is about the other. There should be receiving AND giving. Just like the rest of the year, right?
Rant over.
