Thursday, February 13, 2014
Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day may be the most commercialized "holiday" of them all. Retail operations, in conjunction with women everywhere, have conned men into believing, although I believe it is more guilt than belief, that they have to buy something for their wives/girlfriends on that holiest of love holidays as a way of expressing their undying love for them. Chocolate, flowers, jewelry, stuffed animals. It really doesn't matter as long as something is bought and delivered. I never got anything out of it except heartache and an empty wallet. I didn't even get sex the majority of the time. It is interesting to note that the most famous Valetine's Day was the Valentine's Day Massacre around 1930 when a bunch of mobsters were gunned down by their rivals. Nothing says "I love you honey! I'd love to stay here and fuck you all day!" like a hail of bullets. I did get a "Happy Valentine's Day Jackass" from a female writer friend of mine today. But it was said with love and affection. And it beats a hail of bullets any day.
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There are several legends claiming the beginning of Valentines Day. Rome was under the rule of Emperor Claudius "the cruel" @ 270 AD. He was having trouble recruiting soldiers for his army and blamed it on the devotions husbands had for their wives and families, so he banned all marriages and engagements in Rome. St. Valentine, a Roman Bishop, continued to perform marriages secretly until he was arrested and killed. He supposedly left a note for one of the female jailors that read "Happy Valentines Day". More later!
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