Valentines day has been and gone, as it does every year.
I'm thankful for a boyfriend that showers me with affection every day. Not a day has gone by without several "I Love You's". Especially as we have a.. lets say Medium-distance relationship. Haha.
I was lucky enough to be surprised by Simon this V-day.. He enlisted the help of my beautiful housemate Shaleeni to leave chocolates outside my door in the morning and have a lovely bunch of roses delivered to my clinic during the day :)
I was feeling pretty happy and cheerful all day, until I hopped onto Facebook/Instagram with the intention of posting a picture of my roses with my housemate's dog Bella.
Seeing people write posts about how Valentines day is a shit day for shit people really grinds my gears.
A mutual friend of ours started her Valentines day Rant, going on about the commecialisation of "love", how it is all about 'forced affection' and spending money on materialistic gifts.
I think she was trying to make all the single people feel better because she went on to say how good it is to be single, and if people are feeling lonely then she was there to talk. That being said she herself is not single and is in a happy relationship.
She probably didn't mean to but I felt so cheesed off, and i felt like after her post, if anyone were to post a valentines day appreciation photo etc, we would instantly be seen as the 'idiots who celebrate such a stupid hallmark holiday'.
Excuse me but no one is forcing you to buy roses. Simon certainly did not get 'forced' to get me a gift.
I really do see where she is coming from and I do agree that it is heavily commercialized and if your boyfriend doesn't go with the flow and get you flowers then it means absolutely nothing at all.
But keep that shit to yourself and don't try and make me feel shit for receiving a Valentines Day gift, for god's sake.
How about don't generalize all couples and make assumptions based on your own bs.
.. anyway Happy Valentines Day. hahaha ♥
