ummm, valentines day....freshman, i think

Valentines day is just around the corner and way too close for my comfort. Society says that February 14th is a day for celebrating specials times with the ones you ‘love’. But in all reality the day was created to keep the population in continuance and to keep the economy at rise.
To me valentines day is like herpes. Once you think it’s gone, it rears its ugly head up once again. No wonder why some people refer to the day as VD. It’s like society is telling the youth to go out and find someone they think they fall in love with and break their hearts. Keeping the population going is great and all, but the amount of teen pregnancies is at a high and rising as we speak. And why? Because of the allowance of teen dating. So as great as ‘celebrating’ "love" sounds, is it necessary to spread the ‘love’ around?
Valentines day was started way before hallmark so people argue if it is truly a"hallmark holiday" and this I say it is. Why? Because it isn’t only there to keep the population sturdy. There is many people living in dysfunctional families and divorces that need this. So let’s be materialistic and buy your loved one something they don’t need to show that you care. These things are usually just stuffed into the closet after a couple of weeks. How much business do the flower shops actually get during this time of year besides during funerals and dances? Not much, they need days like valentines and sweetest day to keep their businesses open. Not to mention the stores large varieties of candies and stuffed animals and lame gifts to buy your significant other.

The satin heart shaped box of chocolates that is often thrown out as an equivalent for actually showing your partner that you truly DO love them. We spend many studies on why Americans are so obese...have we sat down and thought about how we celebrate holidays? Obviously not if were supporting the obesity problem by purchasing mass amounts of chocolate to feed to the ones we love.
Love. Accepted into society as a necessity. But in all reality if we think about it, love is just another mental disorder. The only problem is that society has accepted this disorder even though it should be treated as any other disease like schizophrenia. When do we draw the line????
On the other hand there are always the ones that are left alone on Valentines. Reminding them of what they don’t have and dropping into a morbid depression. Nothing worse than spending a holiday alone, especially when it’s a holiday that you people are supposed to share with their special someone. Leaving these people in their homes on Wednesday to fend for themselves.
Personally, I believe flowers and candy are set aside for guys to apologize for doing something wrong. If it wasn’t for VD helping mend old relationships and help new ones begin then I would totally be against it. But people who are truly in love celebrate each day and do not need to set a day aside to show how much a person means to one another. That’s why Valentines day is a hoax.