just a bunch of mush and propaganda and a market strategy to sell chocolates, and an advocate for materialism and an 'excuse' for some people to miss basketball practice just to go out with their you-know-whats, among other things. After all, why do you need a day to remind you to love your, say, spouse, while the other 364 days of the year you can't care less?
Anyway, in our school, blah blah blah Girls' School, the non-existence of boys is prevalent, and therefore, Valentine's Day becomes a weird cross between Friendship Day, and an event for overly expressing appreciation for others.
So I watch, somewhat aghastly and disgustedly as other people exchange notes full of 'passionate' words and repeatedly demonstrate how to hug.
call me apathetic and a miserable grump, but i wonder, if any of this is real. Or is it just fluff. Most likely after secondary school, you'll lose her number; forget what her voice sounds like; misplace your memories of the Valentine's Days of yesteryear.
but when someone gives me a nice friendship card, suddenly i decide.....ah well, on second thoughts.....maybe i'll give all this valentines stuff a chance. You know, just maybe.
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