Valentines day.

A day of the year when celebrations - for some of us, really do matter.

Valentines day, which, quite coincidentally falls on a Monday, the Monday when year 11 always have their assembly's, and guess what the theme was: Valentines day. The normal lecture of what love is and how we should use it and the 'moral' message was: 'love is all about what you are willing to give, instead of what you are willing to take' which in a sense, is rather true. If you don't give in the relationship it's not really playing as a couple is it?

Just like any other celebration whether Christmas, Easter etc, this one has a difference, there really isn't any annual holiday, just an ordinary day - people working etc. People almost physologically believe it's all about love day, but surely if you are in a relationship every day you should feel this 'special'?

The advertisements made by media particulary in shops selling the loved-up merchandise normally in forms of red roses - which by the way are ridiculously priced, or keyrings which say love. To me the shops see this annual event as a way of making money selling merchandise which really isn't necessary. By cooking dinner or being there for your loved one should be enough, who needs a physical 'present' as a token to express their love for one another?

I am not against Valentines day at all, for me, there is nothing wrong with having annual celebrations but I must have heard at least ten people say they feel 'depressed' (just as Blue Monday it is just an ordinary day, a day where you don't really see any changes, just the physological affect by knowing it's there) because actually, I never saw anyone expressing love any different today than any other day. I understand if you see your ex with someone else exchanging gifts and a card it may hurt you, but the truth hurts and the truth is life, people move on and perhaps one day you will find your Valentine.

People shouldn't feel unloved, disheartened or any less 'special' than the second person next to you receiving a gift or card. Valentines day is just a day, a day when some people choose to celebrate their love openly...