Today is Valentine's Day, and the only thing that seems to be more popular today than long stemmed roses, is hating Valentine's Day. Part of me almost wants to start liking it, as everyone in the world is trying to get your attention and money with the I Hate Valentine's Day campaign. I swear I'm not some emo "I hate conformity! Rage against the machine!" rebel without a clue, but seriously, I'm just as sick of red balloons and "Be Mine!" cards as I am of everyone bitching about how much they hate Valentine's Day.
The web is jam-packed today with every blogger and copy writer under the sun telling us why they hate Valentine's Day the most. For example, MSN has an anti-Valentine "Top 10 'I hate love' songs" feature in which they name off 10 incredibly obvious songs such as, get this, You Oughta Know by Alanis Morrisette. Wow. That's a new one. The Times Online have a list of the "20 reasons to hate Valentine's Day" in which they break down why Valentine's day is crap, depending on your gender. Apparently, women don't like it because "It bullies us into losing weight". Rrrrright. But if that wasn't enough for you, Buzzfeed has a whole category for all the blogs that are bitching about V Day. You know, just in case you hadn't seen enough sarcastic eCards with things like "Happy Valentine's Day...now fuck off!" written on them.
My advice? Just ignore that today is Valentine's Day. Your blood pressure will thank me.