What is your opinion on Valentine's Day?
101089
Yes, it's mostly for those that will make a profit and yes we're showing love hopefully to the ones we love always but, i think it had more meaning for me when i was a little kid.You do remember when we use to bring candy and cards to school and that was a way to tell the one you liked.
55237
Nothing special as my hubby and I don't believe we need a special day to show our love to one another. Or a commericial reason to buy something. It is actually our rule to not buy flowers during the months of Feb and May as they jump the price so much as to make it ridiculous..Why does everyone have to have a special day to say I Love You! Should not this be done daily in a relationship? This is a day to make those with no partner feel alone and I think it is so sad to see so many feel like that because so many fall for commericial bulllll.
172853
ehh dont feel like you have to.. its only if your wanting to spend time with a certain someone. dont feel pressured, and dont feel bad if the case is that you just dont have someone that you would like to spend that time with. valentines day has a way of getting people all flustered for nothing.
93485
Awesome!!! My boyfriend woke me up at 4 in the morning, asked me to come out, and when I did, there was a giant banner across my unit (i live in an apartment) that said "Happy Valentine's Day, ..... I love you!" Awww... right? How was urs?
110354
i had the sweetest day of my life...\n\nmy boyf and i didnt plan anything for V-day because we both had work and we had conflicting schedules...(i go home 6am he goes to work 7am, i leave for work 8pm he arrives from work 6pm) so I wasn't really expecting anything...\n\nBut when it's time for me to go home from work (6am feb.14), some of my officemates were already teasing that a guy is waiting for someone outside and i said "no he's not my boyf" because I wasn't really expecting him but when I went outside there he was waiting for me with a big smile and as I was walking towards him...guess what?!! I didn't see this one coming...he handed me a bouquet of pink roses (a really nice one) and my officemates were like, "oh my gawd! he's so sweet"...\n\nI was very surprised and very touched. I felt very special that moment. Then we just had breakfast at his house then off we went to our different destinations...\n\nI love my man!! :)
152368
We are actually having Valentine's week! (actually everyday with my hubby is Valentine's Day) We thought we would spread it out, howver. We aren't having a lovely dinner until Friday night for example. I am going to do something special for my hubby every day. He does so much for me all of the time. If it is nice, we would love to play golf this next weekend...but who knows about the weather. In any case, we will have a great week together!
83047
Happy Valentine's day
74169
for people that are single...it would be a nightmare..:P....but then again on valentine day u could get a Valentine card so you could find someone for you....\n\nfor the people hwo have bf or gf...it would be sooper cool..because they would be forever in love...awwww...so cute ..but it might turn..to ...boring(maybe):P\n\nfor chocolate producers..it would be hevan on earth...
166611
yes, ofcourse!\nvalentine's day, for me, is a day when you can spend it woth your loved one, sweetheart...etc.\njust celebrate your love!!!
502098
A bit of both. It's a good day to express your love, but shouldn't you do that everyday? Maybe Hallmark didn't create the holiday, but they are cetainly making a very big deal about it. So it's kind of corny, but kind of nice at the same time.
110770
wrong\n\nEvery February, across the country, candy, flowers, and gifts are exchanged between loved ones, all in the name of St. Valentine. But who is this mysterious saint and why do we celebrate this holiday? The history of Valentine's Day -- and its patron saint -- is shrouded in mystery. But we do know that February has long been a month of romance. St. Valentine's Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. So, who was Saint Valentine and how did he become associated with this ancient rite? Today, the Catholic Church recognizes at least three different saints named Valentine or Valentinus, all of whom were martyred.\n\nOne legend contends that Valentine was a priest who served during the third century in Rome. When Emperor Claudius II decided that single men made better soldiers than those with wives and families, he outlawed marriage for young men -- his crop of potential soldiers. Valentine, realizing the injustice of the decree, defied Claudius and continued to perform marriages for young lovers in secret. When Valentine's actions were discovered, Claudius ordered that he be put to death.\n\nOther stories suggest that Valentine may have been killed for attempting to help Christians escape harsh Roman prisons where they were often beaten and tortured.  \n  \n According to one legend, Valentine actually sent the first 'valentine' greeting himself. While in prison, it is believed that Valentine fell in love with a young girl -- who may have been his jailor's daughter -- who visited him during his confinement. Before his death, it is alleged that he wrote her a letter, which he signed 'From your Valentine,' an expression that is still in use today. Although the truth behind the Valentine legends is murky, the stories certainly emphasize his appeal as a sympathetic, heroic, and, most importantly, romantic figure. It's no surprise that by the Middle Ages, Valentine was one of the most popular saints in England and France.
35658
Roman Roots\nThe history of Valentine's Day is obscure, and further clouded by various fanciful legends. The holiday's roots are in the ancient Roman festival of Lupercalia, a fertility celebration commemorated annually on February 15. Pope Gelasius I recast this pagan festival as a Christian feast day circa 496, declaring February 14 to be St. Valentine's Day.\n\nValentines Galore\nWhich St. Valentine this early pope intended to honor remains a mystery: according to the Catholic Encyclopedia, there were at least three early Christian saints by that name. One was a priest in Rome, another a bishop in Terni, and of a third St. Valentine almost nothing is known except that he met his end in Africa. Rather astonishingly, all three Valentines were said to have been martyred on Feb. 14.\n\nMost scholars believe that the St. Valentine of the holiday was a priest who attracted the disfavor of Roman emperor Claudius II around 270. At this stage, the factual ends and the mythic begins. According to one legend, Claudius II had prohibited marriage for young men, claiming that bachelors made better soldiers. Valentine continued to secretly perform marriage ceremonies but was eventually apprehended by the Romans and put to death. Another legend has it that Valentine, imprisoned by Claudius, fell in love with the daughter of his jailer. Before he was executed, he allegedly sent her a letter signed "from your Valentine." Probably the most plausible story surrounding St. Valentine is one not focused on Eros (passionate love) but on agape (Christian love): he was martyred for refusing to renounce his religion.\n\nIn 1969, the Catholic Church revised its liturgical calendar, removing the feast days of saints whose historical origins were questionable. St. Valentine was one of the casualties.\n\nChaucer's Love Birds\nIt was not until the 14th century that this Christian feast day became definitively associated with love. According to UCLA medieval scholar Henry Ansgar Kelly, author of Chaucer and the Cult of Saint Valentine, it was Chaucer who first linked St. Valentine's Day with romance.\n\nIn 1381, Chaucer composed a poem in honor of the engagement between England's Richard II and Anne of Bohemia. As was the poetic tradition, Chaucer associated the occasion with a feast day. In "The Parliament of Fowls," the royal engagement, the mating season of birds, and St. Valentine's Day are linked:\n\nFor this was on St. Valentine's Day, \nWhen every fowl cometh there to choose his mate.\n\nTradition of Valentine's Cards\n Over the centuries, the holiday evolved, and by the 18th century, gift-giving and exchanging hand-made cards on Valentine's Day had become common in England. Hand-made valentine cards made of lace, ribbons, and featuring cupids and hearts eventually spread to the American colonies. The tradition of Valentine's cards did not become widespread in the United States, however, until the 1850s, when Esther A. Howland, a Mount Holyoke graduate and native of Worcester, Mass., began mass-producing them. Today, of course, the holiday has become a booming commercial success. According to the Greeting Card Association, 25% of all cards sent each year are valentines.
138221
We buy valentines day cards and flowers for our valentines (the commercial aspect) and we take them out or stay home for a romantic dinner (the romantic aspect).\n\nPS Did I forget to mention CHOCOLATE!!! :)
122991
I have got no valentine.\n\nSo, as ususal, I would just sigh looking at those couples having a wonderful time, and I would again ask God - "Why me is alone?"\n\nOn getting no answer as alwaya, just come back from there, try to concentrate on studies, and get unhappy...telling myself - "Tommorrow is going to be great.."\n\nSo, its better to look at those people having good time, and hope that someday even I will be happy..but dosent make much of difference.
136634
I think that there should be a day of the year made for men.  I mean it's rather unfair for us to have to deal with Valentine's without any day set aside for us.  I say we get "Steak & BJ day" put onto every calendar in the U.S.  Trust me, the men would finally be grateful, and we may even be a little more enthusiastic when Valentine's rolls around.
142791
YES! VALENTINE'S DAY IS NOT ONLY FOR LOVERS BUT EVEN FOR UR FRIENDS U CAN BE MY FRIEND.
171841
Happy valentines Day.