Valentine’s Day is different for everyone. Some people hate it, some love it and some simply don’t care.
Many people think that Valentine’s Day is too commercialized, that large corporations use it as an excuse to sell things at a high cost. For those that enjoy the holiday, they feel that it is an opportunity to show their love and affection towards their family, friends and significant others. And some people just enjoy the discounted candy the day after Valentine’s Day.
“We shouldn’t rely on a single day in the calendar year to remind us to show love to those who are near and dear to our hearts.” Jessica Shealy, freshman English major said.
This perspective shows Valentine’s Day should not be an excuse to show affection towards loved ones, it should be the little things one does everyday to show your appreciation for them.
“Valentine’s Day turns the concept of love into this commercial competition of how exgravantly can I show love to my significant other individually and/or as a public profession of my love that is the strongest and best ever on social media?” Shealy said.
Some people see the holiday as a competition to see who is the cutest couple. This goal can be detrimental to a relationship, because it makes everything more about how the relationship looks from the outside, instead of how the individuals are treating each other or how they feel together.
Freshman psychology major, Sonny Dodds said that it is important to always show your love and devotion. “You should treat your significant other as special as you do on Valentine’s Day,” Dodds said.
This point about how people in relationships need to treat each other with the same appreciation as they would on Valentine’s Day every day of the year.
However, there are still some good things about Valentine’s Day; it is a great opportunity to make friends feel loved,
Junior integrated marketing communications major Laura Munson said, “The decorations are really cute, and I use it as an opportunity to give my friends some extra love.”
“I like it because you can be romantic without getting judged,” Roy Mcmillan, freshman hospitality major, said.
Despite this, there still seems like there is judgement for some people in relationships showing their affection to each other. However, Valentine’s Day provides a way to be romantic with less judgement than any regular day. Though people do resent this holiday, they should not let their negative energy affect other people’s happiness.
No matter what people’s opinions are of Valentine’s Day, there should be nothing but love all around campus every day. Appreciate others and make them feel good about themselves. Little things do matter and people do notice them and it can make so much of a difference.
