It's almost upon us people, the dreaded Hallmark holiday. Every year we watch the revenue of thousands of florists, jewelers, and Hallmark stores spike like crazy on February 14th, and don't even think about trying to find a restaurant to have dinner at unless you made the reservation months in advance. I am personally boycotting Valentine's Day this year because not only do we not have any cash floating around for frivolous, feckless gifts (see unemployed reference above), but shouldn't we already be expressing our love to our significant others ALL year long?
Now listen up lovers, if you are involved with the non-conventional, non-materialistic type just take them aside and say, "Why is it that I must wait until this one day a year to express my undying love to you? I want to tell you I love you everyday; in the Spring when the May flowers are blooming, I think of your love, when I hear the waves crash on the beach and the seagulls cry in the sunset, it is of you that I contemplate…" Okay, too much? Yeah, that's what I thought to, but you get my premise. As cliche as it may sound it really is the little things that maintain love in a healthy relationship; remembering to put the toilet seat down, allowing an 8 foot projection TV into your family room, spending a vacation with your in-laws, shopping with your wife for a $200 interview suit when she has no job…you get the point.
So, let's take matters into our own hands this year and let cupid continue to lie on his lounge chair in Cabo while sunning his buns, sipping margaritas and humming Barry Manilow tunes, after all he needs a vacation to.
Leaving you with yet one more reason to be happy your single,
The Unemployed Housewife
This article appears in Feb 3-9, 2010.