Valentine’s Day is overrated!

Pink and red roses, oversized stuffed animals, boxes of chocolate, and lots of people. Thats exactly what I seen as I walked into Walmart today. I have been putting off getting valentine's day cards for two of my girls that are currently in school. Its Sunday, the store shouldn't be too busy is what I thought but I was completely wrong. There were men everywhere stuffing their carts with valentine's day gifts, and even fighting over some of the items as there wasn't much left on the shelves. My girls love valentine's day, so I walked back towards the girls' clothing section and found outfits for all of them to wear, and I must admit they are actually really cute! Once I found their outfits, I started looking for the cards and found out quickly there were none left. I ended up leaving the store with the outfits, markers, construction paper, a few small boxes of chocolate, stuffed animals and a premade gift basket for my husband. For context I ended up standing in line for almost an hour, and almost had a panic attack listening to the person in front of me complain about how busy it was. On the way home I got to thinking, I noticed there were more men than women in the store, and their baskets were stuffed with gifts for their loved ones, I also noticed it was harder to get to other things that weren't related to valentine's day. I started questioning to myself, why is it we have one day out of the whole year where we feel obligated to tell somebody we love them? I was raised by having respect for people, showing people that you love and care for them and to help them in any way you possibly can, which I have lived by these “family rules” for as long as I can remember. This also got me thinking, how many men and even women show their partners they love them apart from valentine's day? As a wife I'm always surprising my husband with little things, or simply telling him that I love him, and I am proud of him. If you love valentine's day, that is great but, in my opinion, I think its overrated and even lazy, “let me throw a bunch of random things in a cart to show somebody I love them. “Also let's keep in mind that not everyone is in a relationship and not everyone has a family that shows them love, how do they feel? Again, my opinion but as somebody that has depression, if I was alone of valentine's day it would just make my depression worse. If you are somebody reading this and will be alone during this “love day” just know you are not alone, you are loved and even cared for. Overall, I think if we normalize showing love and compassion more than just one day a year, this world that we live in would be less bitter!