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Originally Posted by Nephythys
I am hardly "dwelling" on it by mentioning it once.
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I didn't mean just your bringing up of "worst memory," I was including everything else you were saying about the day. I agree that I have no interest in the Hallmark-brand Valentine's Day (TM), and I know that there are some people who use the day as an opportunity to milk their partner for another thoughtless gift. And yep, that's lame.
But on the other hand, sometimes those who have trouble expressing their feelings can get a lot out of this day. Not everybody can write or express their love, and maybe a Hallmark card helps them, and maybe this day reminds them to do it.
And then there's my dad, who took today as an opportunity to express his love, in his very little time not spent nursing his sick wife who is in a lot of pain, by writing a poem to tell her how much he loves her.
So, no. No big paper bag full of mean Valentines depicting a series of fat animals that arrived in my papier-mache mailbox in second grade, no memories of bad times or abusive partners, no sending-myself-flowers-because-I'm-lonely memories of my Valentines past can change that in the end, I think this holiday can be good, if you make of it what you want to. Which you do, and I do, and a lot of other people do. So don't malign the day, malign the people who misuse it.