Valentine’s Day has been made into one of the most wasteful occasions around... think about not just where all those gifts are coming from, but how they're packaged, how long they last and how meaningless it is when they're delivered more of out of fear of a backlash from a loved one than because it is something special.
This is what I call “socialized consumerism” unleashed by the media in connivance with the concerned businesses who will have us believe that it is not the little things you do every day that shows you care, but how much green (as in moolah) you surrender.
Since we're falling for it, hook, line and sinker, they're inventing new 'special days' to mop up what's left of our savings.
The concept of Valentine’s Day wasn't much heard of in India a couple of decades back….was the bond of love between couples any less then? Definitely not.
I know my starry eyed daughter will disagree with me totally. Sweetheart, fire away your salvo. I'm all ears (& eyes) !
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Anti-Valentine's Day??
Posted by MUSER at 6:36 PM
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2 comments:
hey ma!!!!
wussup????
sice wen did u become THE GRINCH OF VALENTINE'S DAY!!!!!!!!!
valentine's day is a day to be spent with ur loved one!!! one needn't make it a consumeristic affair!!!!
getting presents & ripping off ur guy once in a while doesn't sound all that bad to me either!!!! he he he!!!!
A good one young lady!
Yes, once a year giving someone you take for granted for the rest of the year a good time, does not sound too bad an idea.
But where is the time? There are jobs to be done, house to be run, children to be looked after...EVEN on Valentine's Day. A good idea to make the most of this day would be when one is old and the kids settled. But will the passion still be there? I wonder!
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