Remember what the Beatles said
Don Francisco
Issue date: 2/11/10 Section: Lifestyles
Like the monster of Loch Ness, many people (read: crazies) have claimed to have not only of found love but have countless pictures of love (normally featured in a Facebook album titled "Me and My Baby").
Unlike the Loch Ness monster, love has its own "holiday"...the dreaded Valentine's Day.
I use cool air quotes around holiday simply because I, like a lot of you, feel Valentine's Day is complete crap, something that has been reinforced by companies just to gain our precious dollars.
I feel these dollars should be spent on the proper college things, like white boards that will eventually just be covered in penises and proclamations of just how much of a bitch you are.
Before I get into the main reason for "all this hating," I can tell you that as a guy, I think this "holiday" may have been the best thing to happen to us since the inventions of flowers.
Seriously, it is the one day of the year where, unless you're a complete idiot, there is little chance of forgetting to get your significant other a gift.
Come on, half the time you can put together a handmade card and still get a "baby, you're the best" out of it.
Though, I should mention, if as a couple, the only time you do nice things for each other is on Valentine's Day, it may be time to rethink your choice of partner.
Now, back to the hate. The one big problem with Valentine's Day is the overstatement of love.
So few of us are actually versed with the concept, yet this one day of the year is where it is considered best to put it all on the line.
If a person is gutsy enough to say those three little words, the worst they can get is a "thank you. "
Well, the worst they could get would be a "why are you naked?"(When done in movies it's acceptable, when I do it in real life it's weird.)
If you say those three words too late, you run the risk of your girlfriend or boyfriend thinking you don't care about them; too soon, and you're "that couple."
We all know those couples who threw down the big "L word" two weeks in, assuming they had time in-between posting pictures of themselves making out on Facebook, and we hate them for it.
If you cannot think of that couple in your group of friends, sorry, you're probably that couple.
In the end, how do we know what love is?
Remember the words of the Beatles: "I wanna hold your hand."
If at the end of the day you just want to lay back, hold their hand, and turn on Jersey Shore to watch Guido fail at life, maybe that itself is love.
Sure, the idea of love may be broad and confusing, but there are a few things that I can tell you
Love isn't something to be played with or something to be controlled.
It's something to just let happen, whenever it may happen.
Always show your boyfriend or girlfriend how much you really care for them.
If that means dropping 50 bucks on an opera you probably won't understand or writing some lame poem, so be it.
Remember though, it doesn't have to be because it's Valentine's Day; it could be because it's a Wednesday.
And this goes for everyone: if you have a girlfriend, make sure you call her beautiful.
I don't care who she is, or what she looks like, she's beautiful. I refuse to let Snooki be what girls turn into.
So folks, if you decide that it's time to bust out those three little words, be it vocally, a card, or maybe a fist pump or two, make sure to remember what the Beatles said.
By Don Francisco
Contributor
dfrancisco2010@yahoo.com
Unlike the Loch Ness monster, love has its own "holiday"...the dreaded Valentine's Day.
I use cool air quotes around holiday simply because I, like a lot of you, feel Valentine's Day is complete crap, something that has been reinforced by companies just to gain our precious dollars.
I feel these dollars should be spent on the proper college things, like white boards that will eventually just be covered in penises and proclamations of just how much of a bitch you are.
Before I get into the main reason for "all this hating," I can tell you that as a guy, I think this "holiday" may have been the best thing to happen to us since the inventions of flowers.
Seriously, it is the one day of the year where, unless you're a complete idiot, there is little chance of forgetting to get your significant other a gift.
Come on, half the time you can put together a handmade card and still get a "baby, you're the best" out of it.
Though, I should mention, if as a couple, the only time you do nice things for each other is on Valentine's Day, it may be time to rethink your choice of partner.
Now, back to the hate. The one big problem with Valentine's Day is the overstatement of love.
So few of us are actually versed with the concept, yet this one day of the year is where it is considered best to put it all on the line.
If a person is gutsy enough to say those three little words, the worst they can get is a "thank you. "
Well, the worst they could get would be a "why are you naked?"(When done in movies it's acceptable, when I do it in real life it's weird.)
If you say those three words too late, you run the risk of your girlfriend or boyfriend thinking you don't care about them; too soon, and you're "that couple."
We all know those couples who threw down the big "L word" two weeks in, assuming they had time in-between posting pictures of themselves making out on Facebook, and we hate them for it.
If you cannot think of that couple in your group of friends, sorry, you're probably that couple.
In the end, how do we know what love is?
Remember the words of the Beatles: "I wanna hold your hand."
If at the end of the day you just want to lay back, hold their hand, and turn on Jersey Shore to watch Guido fail at life, maybe that itself is love.
Sure, the idea of love may be broad and confusing, but there are a few things that I can tell you
Love isn't something to be played with or something to be controlled.
It's something to just let happen, whenever it may happen.
Always show your boyfriend or girlfriend how much you really care for them.
If that means dropping 50 bucks on an opera you probably won't understand or writing some lame poem, so be it.
Remember though, it doesn't have to be because it's Valentine's Day; it could be because it's a Wednesday.
And this goes for everyone: if you have a girlfriend, make sure you call her beautiful.
I don't care who she is, or what she looks like, she's beautiful. I refuse to let Snooki be what girls turn into.
So folks, if you decide that it's time to bust out those three little words, be it vocally, a card, or maybe a fist pump or two, make sure to remember what the Beatles said.
By Don Francisco
Contributor
dfrancisco2010@yahoo.com
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Wells Drew
posted 3/30/10 @ 2:48 PM EST
Incredible quote, thanks!
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