Well, of course the push-back from most persons was enormous. Most of the group had an issue with the whole idea. And it led me to think to myself "Why do we always take ourselves so seriously?" So what if you're wearing red on Valentine's Day? You'll seem like you're "conforming" to a silly idea, people may tease you about it a little? You don't need to be in love, in a relationship or even like someone at that point in time. You don't need to make such a big effort to wear black or psych yourself up to be depressed for an entire 24 hours on February 14 either, because you are surrounded by the capitalist permutations of love in the form of hearts, flowers, "Be mine" sweeties, flavoured chocolates and cheesy red and white teddy bears (or other lovey-dovey looking stuffed creatures). We live in a world where there are so many crises that maybe pandering to a silly occasion once in a while would do a lot to take the edge off.
When I had initially started this blog, I wrote a post about Valentine's Day and made some suggestions about not doing the obvious. After all things in life are what YOU make them. So it's ok to wear red, it's also ok not to. Best suggestion I've heard since Valentines fever hit late January was from a lady in a store saying she didn't have a boyfriend or husband, but she decided that if there's a day centred on the premise of love that she's going to take that day to give herself a treat and show herself some love because she's worth it. And why not? You need to love YOU first.
Btw, as a reminder-------> go read some other thing's that you can do on V-Day.
Peace & Love.
xoxo
-Keeta
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