I'm usually not that cynical. I am a huge sap when it comes to Christmas and get all into the "mystery" of Santa. It's a wonderful excuse to act like a decent human being for a month. Plus, christmas trees smell awesome.
What I'm trying to say is: I can get down with holidays. Valentine's day, though, is a piece of shit. No one holiday, or important date/anniversary, whatever, puts the onus on one person. Except Valentine's day. You don't see V-Day adverts with women running around like dickheads trying to find a card for their husbands. Or a woman walking around best buy looking to buy her husband a sweet 3D HDTV, or trying to make last minute reservations at his favorite steakhouse. Nope.
You do see ads with hopeless idiots being sold jewelry at insane mark ups or running into the Hallmark store to pick up a card and some chocolates so he can come home and get a hug and a kiss. Awwww! Well, where the fuck is his present? Dinner? Sex? Offspring? Bullshit. Those are the costs of doing business when you get married.
No, Valentines Day is created to capitalize on the stereotype of "men are forgetful and don't appreciate what they have." It's as if someone were to create a holiday about reading books out of a bud light commercial where all men are dumb and like to drink beer.
It's not about showing your significant other that you love them. It's about guilting men into buying shit. Even the other individual holidays - Mothers Day and Fathers Day - at least they account for both parents. And the excuse you got whenever you complained about "how come there isn't a Kid's day" - "because every other day is Kid's day" is kinda true. I mean, parents bust their humps to feed, clothe and entertain their kids. Their schedules get shot to shit because Johnny has karate practice or something.
But Valentine's Day, again, doesn't fall under this rubric, either. "Every other day" is not "[male counterpart's] day." For one, you're in a relationship, it should be a two way street. And two, dudes sacrifice a lot of shit to be with their ladies. I used to watch every single Yankees game in a season in full. Now I only watch like 130 games. Seriously.
Not to say that the ladies don't also make sacrifices (lets be honest, they could always be with someone better than you), but there should at least be a male equivalent to Valentine's Day.
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