HallMark Holidays

[Monte78Carlo2k1]

Ok so after a year and a half of being single I came across a young lady that is my speech class in college. Well we would exchange those silly goofy smiles across the room when we should be paying attention to our confusing professor. So one day we got to talking on the phone after exchanging numbers on break. Well I asked her a couple questions and she asked me a couple.

She asks the question on how do I feel about Valentines day and Sweetest day. Well my response oh those Hallmark Holidays. She laughs and says yes. Well I don't think she was ready for my answer.
I told her I think its just a silly made up day just to get guys to spend money to show there significant other that they care. I told her that I feel that a women should feel like she is the best thing that has happened to that guy and that she is the specialist girl that-that guy has ever met.
Her response was that she enjoys those days but no one has ever put it that way and she can totally understand where I am coming from and that she likes that I feel that way and then she giggled.

So with that said how do you and your significant other feel about those Holidays?

[DavidB]

Ah, commercialism. Yes, it's true that in our marketing society we use those "special occasions" to sell, sell, sell. And, yes, we guys are the ones who generally take it in the shorts, but not always.

My experience, in my last couple of relationships, is that the gals go out of their way to make me feel very special, loved and wanted. Do we need a special day for this? I think that's like asking if we need a special day to celebrate our birth. No, we don't need it, but it sure is nice.

To my way of thinking, if the "Hallmark" way is not for you, find another way to tell the significant people in your life that you love them.

[BigLeegr]

I think it's nice to have "reminder" days. Sometimes things get too busy or too commonplace and one may "forget" to show that they appreciate the other otherwise.
However, I think jacking the price of roses up 3-400% for that "special occasion" is overly opportunistic.