Babies really shouldn't play with arrows

So Stupid’s day is nearly over. In case you are wondering no I’m not saying it is a stupid day just because I’m single I’m saying it is stupid because it is stupid. It is a meaningless holiday that does more to damage relationships than it does to celebrate them. Now I am over generalizing and I know it, but admitting that there are actually happy couples doesn’t do my rant any service. However think on this, that every relationship given an infinite amount of time will eventually fail.

What I particularly do not like about stupid day is that it is all sort of one side and by sort of one sided mean totally one sided.

Now stupid day isn’t the only holiday like this, most of them are completely one side especially when there are prizes at stake. However in the case of stupid day it really shouldn’t be.

Why? Well it takes two to tango you can’t have a relationship with just one person. Well you probably can but it’s not as rewarding. So why do women get all the prizes? Yeah, yeah, you hardened angry women will say because you have to put up with our crap the rest of the year. Well I ask you this, if you aren’t happy 364 days out of the year give or take and this one day of prizes will make up for it all. Then when the simple 24 hours of bliss doesn’t make it all better then my guess is that maybe there is a bigger issue than the person with whom you are in the relationship. Remember too every bad relationship you have ever had, has one thing in common… you.

Yup, yup, I went there. And before you go there I know the biggest obstacle to my being in a relationship is me. This isn’t about me.

What I don’t get is why all the pressure about the perfect gift for one day to celebrate love. Shouldn’t you celebrate it, every day? And shouldn’t both partners celebrate that relationship equally? Well of course they should but it doesn’t work that way.

The way it works is that the guy is expected to buy a fabulous prize and then get a… oh what is it … oh yeah that’s right nothing. Well not nothing you still have love but if you have had to buy love, isn’t that the same as picking up love on the street corner? Well fortunately it is legal to buy it with prizes and you’re less likely to end up with an STD but still on some level it’s really the same.

Oops, … I did just compare how we play at valentines day with prostitution. What can I say if the shoe fits … shrug. I know it’s me.

I’m just saying if its supposed to be about a relationship it should be about the whole thing not just half of it.

But we are called ungrateful if we notice that we are being ignored, we are told that we are insensitive if you decide not to play the stupid day games, and if you get too into the whole thing and celebrate love with too much abandon we’re too feminine. We, guys, can’t win. However, despite all the ranting somewhere down deep inside me beats the heart of a romantic but if you tell anyone I’ll deny it.

In related news, a bit of beaten wood holds a piece of time and on the prime opus of a moth hangs a moon and a druidic grace, and the daily scent of the ocean reminds me of words spoken twice in whispers, between crushed breaths of evermore.


That’s all for now, other stuff tomorrow or the next day.

Happy Birthday if it’s your birthday and a very merry un birthday if it isn’t your birthday

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