Truth serum - I detest command performance holidays. New Year's Eve is at the top of that list, followed closely by Valentines Day. I feel for all those men spending silly money for a dozen red roses in a box, just to have them arrive on the magic date of February 14. If only they had thought to send flowers a few random days over the course of a year, with a simple heartfelt note ... "You mean the world to me". They wouldn't be in near panic mode now.
I suppose this is to say, I like the unexpected gesture. And I take just a little delight in saying no thank you to the obligatory march down Hallmark Boulevard. Which might be why I embrace Galentines Day - no one expects their girlfriends to fete them on the fourteenth. READ MORE