Valentines Day.   What a joke.

A "holiday" created as an ode to "Love".  What a transparent cash grab.

Lemme ask you all this....do you need to have a "holiday" as an excuse to treat your significant other as you should treat them every day?  Do you need such an excuse to go out for a nice dinner, or a give a nifty little present?  I hope you answer "NO" to those questions.  

I know, I know.  I'm full of sour grapes about Valentine's Day because I'm in the process of a divorce.  Nuh uh.  Has nothing to do with it.  Truth.

I may not have a wife, but I do have someone...and I won't treat her any differently today than I do any other day.  I don't need this made up holiday to buy her flowers.  If I want to give her flowers, I give them because I want to make her smile...not because FTD says I need to be romantic today.  I guess what I'm saying is that for those of us in relationships...every day should be like Valentines Day.  I buy flowers, presents, nice dinners, and all that stuff....regularly throughout the year.

A dozen long stem roses, last week, cost $19.99.  Now the cost is $50.00.  Tomorrow it'll be back to $19.99 again.  Sounds like an oil company, no?  I call it disgusting.  My mother runs a commercial greenhouse.  She says that today and Mother's Day pay for their entire year.  So there ya go...you see the mentality that drives this particular holiday....business.  I can't think of two things more polar opposite than business and romance.

A box of Hershey's "A Pot of Gold" chocolates was 2 bags for $5.00 last week.  This week each bag is $6.99.  Supply and demand my butt!!!  That's a fleecing, is what that is.  If an individual tried to pull something like that, they'd be arrested for extortion!

And now we come to the Valentine's card.  What a crock.  Someone tell me why I need some stooge at a greeting card company to put my feelings about my lady into words for me?  I guess they feel that we are not capable of doing that ourselves.  My reply is that if you can't tell your partner why, and how much, you love them...then you probably shouldn't be in a relationship at all.  Here's an idea for you...write your own card this year, and don't give Hallmark $8.99 for something that you can do yourself.  And it will be obvious to your partner that you took the time and effort to think about them and how much they mean to you.  Now THAT is special.  Any knucklehead can buy a card...

Now, I have to say that I am an incurable romantic.  Perhaps this is why this "holiday" is so offensive to me.  Christmas is a big cash grab too, but I don't hate Chriastmas.  Folks we should all have Valentines Day in us EVERY day, and our partners should be treated like it's Valentine's day EVERY day.  I find it quite sad that so many people are wrapped so friggin' tight that they have to be reminded with a fake holiday to do something nice for their significant other.  We should all take the time...each and every day...to let our lovers know that we care.  You don't have to spend money...quality time is always more important than money anyhow.

So here's two big middle fingers to Hallmark, FTD, Red Lobster, Hershey Foods, Zales and anyone else who plan on turning our warm feelings for our lover(s) into cash in their bank accounts.  Treat your special someone like you will today, every day for the rest of the year.  Because that is the way it really should be.

Oh, and Clint Bowyer is going to win the Daytona 500.