ROMANTIC TIPS: “The problem with Valentine’s Day (Part 3)”

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(And yet) another in a never-ending series of relationship tips and romantic insights that might help—or at least couldn’t hurt— your relationship.

The trouble with Valentine’s Day is that . . . The already-romantic don’t really need it . . . the adamantly-unromantic just don’t want it . . . and the romantically-impaired are annually punished by it. 

Let’s face it: Valentine’s Day simply doesn’t work. If it did, I’d be all for it. 

Let’s give a sucker a break and let these guys off the hook, okay? The dozen roses they buy? A feeble attempt to make up for lost time. The expensive box of Godiva Chocolates? Romance inspired by guilt. 

And let’s have a little more respect for the women. I mean, really, ladies: Are you honestly pleased with roses grudgingly given, with chocolates hastily grabbed, with trinkets ordered on the internet, with a “custom love letter” penned by a hired ghostwriter? Are you really willing to settle for so little? Do you really have so little self-respect? 

You deserve better. He deserves better. Go share a bottle of wine, then talk for a little while, then make love. There. See?? Everybody’s happy. 

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By Greg Godek.

Director of the Save-The-Romantics Fund-Raising Initiative, helping the romantically impaired since 1981.

ROMANTIC IDEAS: “The problem with Valentine’s Day (Part 2)”

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Another in a never-ending series of relationship tips and romantic insights that address topics of interest to men and women alike.

The problem with Valentine’s Day is that it’s pink and red and frilly. In other words, it’s feminine. 

Now, there’s nothing wrong with “feminine”—heck, guys love “feminine”!—but there is something wrong with only feminine. And that’s what Valentine’s Day has evolved into. Look at the ads, look in the store windows: Pink and red and frills as far as the eye can see. Not a hint of masculinity to be found. 

Is it any wonder that guys head for the hills on Valentine’s Day?!

NEXT: “Okay, now what??”

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By Greg Godek.

Director of the Valentine’s Day Anti-Defamation League. 

ROMANTIC TIPS: “The problem with Valentine’s Day (Part 1)”

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The problem with Valentine’s Day is not that it’s a “Hallmark Holiday” (a holiday concocted by the florists, jewelers and greeting card makers just to make a buck). No, the problem with Valentine’s Day is that it’s not a holiday at all. I mean, do you get the day off work??

We have “real” holidays that celebrate gluttony (Thanksgiving), consumerism (Christmas), and hot dogs and explosives (Independence Day)…

…And we also have a variety of other important holidays, including the celebration of weather-predicting rodents (Groundhog Day), tall vegetable matter (Arbor Day), and, of course, pair-bonding and reciprocal expressions of affection characterized by an excess of dopamine secretions in the brain (Valentine’s Day). These three “holidays” are, as everyone knows, have been consigned to Second Rate status: They do get listed on the calendar, but they don’t get recognized in any official capacity. 

Sorry, you’ll have to celebrate the most important thing in the world—love—during off-hours. 

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By Greg Godek.

Apologist for Cupid.