I wrote this personal essay some years ago all about why I don't celebrate Valentine's Day and how my husband and I choose love every day with a number of simple habits and gestures. I definitely still feel the same today.
Valentine’s Day is a "holiday" that has become quite polarizing over the years for good reason. There are those who are totally into it and those like me who think it is the worst and see it as nothing more than a commercialized excuse for unnecessary consumerism and financial and emotional pressure. Not to mention the amount of waste it creates is bad for the environment. I talked about my objection to it once and nearly got my head bitten off by a woman I know who told me that if there was no Valentine's Day her husband would never buy her flowers or take her out to eat. While I felt bad for her, there are clearly some issues she needs to deal with in her marriage. There was another instance when someone I knew was talking about looking forward to Valentine's Day because her husband was going to buy her something expensive. I was disturbed in both cases because there was absolutely no mention of love or just spending time together or what they would be doing for their significant others.
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