Valentines Day. What's your opinion of it?

So. It's that time of the year again. The time of year when young girls dream of receiving that card from their secret sweetheart exposing their love of them, where girls dream of being proposed to by their other half in the most ridiculously cutesy and "chick flick" way. When greeting card companies get intense boners as this day is the new Christmas in marketing terms. Or you get the people miserable bastards like me who either don't give a rats arse, or those who have deep-seated hatred of it.

Oh childhood... You were a cruel bitch!

I've had a lot of comments like "how can you hate Valentines Day?! It's about LOVE etc etc etc etc". I just don't get it. I don't understand why you need a day of the year to feel the need to "express your love" for someone. Would it not be more of a romantic gesture to do something; whether it is buying a gift, going out for a meal or a holiday, when a day of the year didn't make it such a big deal?

Also, I know I can say for a fact, back when I was single I hated this day even more. Nothing reminds you more of how crap it is to be single than V-Day. Smug couples and pink love hearts were my enemies years ago :P It all just seems quite fake.

But that's just my opinion. I'm not saying that every single person is carving "WHY U NO <3 ME?!" on their arm today, and I know there are those who enjoy an excuse to repulse the human race with their cutesyness.

All I say is try and do something special on a day that doesn't fund all the corporate shammy holiday people.

Mind you, I have seen some FANTASTIC cards online this year. I'll put up a couple of my favorites :)

Bahahaha.... Bottom...

So, to sum it all up, I hope you have a nice Tuesday regardless what you do or who you're with.

Le fin :)

*P.S. I apologize at the way the images are. Trying to arrange the pictures on  Blogger is a tad pernickety!