Valentine's Blues

It is like a “déjà vu” – the same pink hearts all over the windows of the shops, the same tacky cards and the same feeling of “I’m dreading it!” Well… let me tell you – it is a bit over the top and in my opinion it’s not the right way to just manifest your feelings only once a year! That’s what Valentine’s Day has become in the last decades and it is actually yet another sad example of our consumerism. I for one, refuse to participate and I know this feeling – when you are single it’s really hard to bear the whole “industry” efforts of trying to make you feel guilty and “invisible” only because you don’t have a “valentine” and you don’t buy her/him a pink polyester heart-shaped pillow! Sound familiar?

It’s not what love is all about – for me it is in the small details and you can feel it every single day when you are with the right person. It may be not a bunch of 24 red roses from Tesco, just one single one after a nice walk in the park or even just a smile early in the morning is enough to know that you are loved! While I’m dreading the Valentine’s Day with all the tackiness, naturally I strongly believe you do need to look for that special one! This is not just to have somebody for the next Valentine in order to not feel discriminated for being single - but for life!

Happy Dating!

Nora Leach