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Happy Valentine’s Day Almost!
Do you feel love about this day? Back in the day of big bangs and Pepe jeans, I LOVED Valentine’s Day. It brimmed with promise, even if I had no beau at the time. Flowers, a sweet note, love songs, walks in the rain, tours of medieval castles….wait. That’s Ireland. Sorry.
So Valentine’s Day.
Turns out, what I love most about V Day is making heart-shaped cookies and then eating all of them before the kids notice. I LOVE that part.
My whole non-interest in the real meaning of Valentine’s Day makes Marc nervous every year. He asks me for days beforehand if he should get a V Day gift for me, if I want flowers and chocolate, if I secretly pine for one of these bears.
I assure him that no, I do not and that if he ever left a bear like that sitting around our house, I would scream like a ninny and call the police. Big, fuzzy, stuffed things scare the heebies out of me.
I also assure him that he should pay no attention to the D.J. on yesterday’s morning show who cited ominous statistics that show men who give only a card to their spouses on V Day should expect to be electric-shocked and those who give nothing should expect divorce papers within 60 days. As a rule, no one should take marital advice from a morning D.J. They wake up way too early in the day to be trusted.
Am I unfeeling? What’s my deal? I love Marc so much it hurts and I’m pretty sure he feels the same, so he can totally keep the teddy bear this year. And I’ll hold off on the electric shock.
But what about you? How do you celebrate this day? Anybody sharing the heart-shaped cookies or are you reading this post by the light of your phone, hiding in the closet with frosting dripping off your chin?
