Southern Bread

I know this is gonna be a wierd rant and I usually keep this kind of stuff to myself, but something about this economy and this holiday has just got me fired up. Am I the only one that just loathes Valentines Day? I suspect that I’m not. I mean the whole idea and execution of this holiday is just so manufactured. Every other holiday has some basis in some kind of historical event or a real person or something. But Valentines Day is just wholly created out of thin air by retailers to get your money. It’s a cash cow. I mean really. Why do you have to have a special day set aside to tell your spouse you love them? Does it not count those other two-hundred days a year that you express your love?

I guess what has me fired up a little is hearing the annual radio bombardment telling men what they have to buy to keep their women from hating them. In THIS economy. That’s just offensive. If you have to buy something for your wife/girlfriend when the times are tough like this, to keep her from hating you, maybe you should find a new woman. I love my wife and tell her daily, along with thanking her for all the stuff she does for our family. She would think less of me if I bought into some system that tells me what I have to do and when, in order to love her just the right way. It’s kinda like actually listening to those stupid PSA’s with Matt Damon telling you to read to your kids more. Give me a break. Get a real holiday. Valentines is that holiday you just want to get over with.