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So that commercialized holiday where people feel forced to buy things for their loved ones is coming up.
People are weak if they feel "forced" to do anything by Madison Avenue and are only aware of their own weakness when they feel resentful for it.
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Is Valentines Day a holiday specifically for couples or do you celebrate it as a holiday for love in general.
It's a Catholic feast day to commemorate St. Valentine, martyr of pre-Christian Rome, arrested for performing marriage ceremonies for Christian couples*.
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Do you celebrate Valentines Day or do you feel that this holiday is contrived to guilt you into spending money to prove your love?
We acknowledge it. I don't think Flea "proves" her love on the day but she (and I) might make an extra show of affection.
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And are you doing anything for the holiday?
We kind of did "Valentine's Day" last weekend but we'll spend some extra time together this weekend.
*So it goes, anyway. There's actually three Saint Valentines in the Catholic martyrdom rolls