With candy hearts and pink images of cupid, Valentine’s Day can be met with either dread or anticipation. For the singles, the day is a constant reminder that their love life is lacking and how grossly mushy couples can be.
The Clarion’s thoughts on the day tend to be an unsolvable dispute, so a consensus has not been reached but several viewpoints have emerged.
On one hand, many people feel like the day is for women to exploit the pockets of their significant others.
For many couples, the boyfriend will be the one to set up the dinner reservations, buy the chocolate, stuffed teddy bear or $400 Coach purse, while the girlfriend enjoys all the hard work.
One’s role in the schemata of Valentine’s Day is to make the significant other feel special and to create long-lasting and hopefully special memories for the both of you.
No exploitation needed and no banks have to be broken to take one day out of the year to show how much you care about your ‘boo.’ Some of us show our appreciation 365 days out of the year, so Valentine’s Day is just that – a day.
Saying “I love you” should be cherished as a gift and can be used on this day, but only if it comes from the heart. The way the phrase is thrown around has undoubtedly tarnished the value of the phrase. There is a difference between saying and actually meaning those words.
But Valentine’s Day shouldn’t be disregarded because it feels like a hyped-up day. The scrooges on Valentine’s Day need to grasp that the theme is really about love and affection. But we at the Clarion believe that the day is really about reciprocity.
We believe that the boyfriend can give his girlfriend whatever he desires on Valentine’s Day, but it is the girlfriend’s duty to give as well.
If you haven’t bought your significant other anything special or you are strapped for cash, the Student Leadership Association is selling Valentine’s day goodies in Building 8.
The price of the gifts ranges from $3 to $5 and are all equally precious. Yet another reminder that Valentine’s Day is not about the money, it is about showing the person you love how much you care with gifts.
That shouldn’t be too hard, and the look on your significant others’ face when they receive their invaluable gift will be priceless. That is the true meaning of Valentine’s Day.