Comments on: Love, today, as any other day http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/love-today-as-any-other-day/ Cultural Studies Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:18:36 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sonja Cassella http://chronotopia.wordpress.com/2009/02/14/love-today-as-any-other-day/#comment-47 Sonja Cassella Thu, 19 Feb 2009 01:11:09 +0000 http://eleiva.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-47 Eliva, I was thinking that this post was the beginning of a short story. That would be a really interesting premise for sci-fi -- but you make a reasonable case for the over-control of valentine's day into conventional displays of love. To tell the truth, we don't always celebrate, though this year we did go out and you can read a restaurant review I wrote up after our valentines date at my website. I agree with you that the whole "competing for gifts" thing is a bit strange. On Bill Cammack's blog I read about how women are in competition to see who can get the biggest bouquet ... http://billcammack.com/2009/01/29/top-ten-valentines-day-donts/ I just can't get into that. Nevertheless, I do think it's nice to have a day to be reminded to start or maintain a love relationship. The biggest opponents of valentines day, I fear, are those who don't have a sweetie. Eliva, I was thinking that this post was the beginning of a short story. That would be a really interesting premise for sci-fi — but you make a reasonable case for the over-control of valentine’s day into conventional displays of love.

To tell the truth, we don’t always celebrate, though this year we did go out and you can read a restaurant review I wrote up after our valentines date at my website. I agree with you that the whole “competing for gifts” thing is a bit strange. On Bill Cammack’s blog I read about how women are in competition to see who can get the biggest bouquet … http://billcammack.com/2009/01/29/top-ten-valentines-day-donts/
I just can’t get into that.

Nevertheless, I do think it’s nice to have a day to be reminded to start or maintain a love relationship. The biggest opponents of valentines day, I fear, are those who don’t have a sweetie.

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