Valentine’s Day, is it really a romantic holiday? Or just another
day for Hallmark to make millions? Feb. 14 has become


a day that media takes advantage of and abuses to make us, but guys especially, feel obligated to show our love through over-priced gifts. They push the sale of heart-shaped chocolate boxes, jewelry, and roses that have been doubled in price. Media claims that if you love someone you have to show it through expensive gifts, and the more the gift costs, the more love there is.
Guys have been convinced that the bigger the better, that you have to go buy the sweetest chocolates and the flashiest jewelry to show you care. And us girls have been made to believe that if he doesn’t get us something big and fancy, that he doesn’t love us. But is that really true? Does that teddy bear really say “I love you”? Don’t get me wrong, getting that necklace you wanted or those melt-in-your-mouth chocolates is great. But do they mean “I love you?” Girls tend to think that just because he gets them those roses that he loves them, but is it love? Or is it just acting due to pressure by the media and everyone else?
Love is an emotion. It’s what you feel for someone. That happy butterfly feeling you get when you’re with someone,
not some corny love poem written by a stranger that everyone else is using
to “say” I love you. If a guy wants to buy me something to show his love, I’d rather it be on a regular day when I know he means it, instead of the made up day of love when everyone else is doing the same thing.