I don't understand why Cupid was chosen
to represent Valentine's Day. When I think about romance, the last thing
on my mind is a short, chubby toddler coming at me with a weapon. ~Author Unknown
Ahh Valentines Day or if you are like me its more aptly called Black Friday whether its on a Friday or not - for two reasons 1) its my birthday - having a birthday holiday in a word, sucks 2) everyone celebrates this day and gets presents rendering it not a special day for me. I know its not all about me but really one day would be nice or do I ask to much? Never mind rhetorical question...moving on Valentine's Day is a day when people (mainly men) are in malls, flower and chocolate shops going crazy trying to find the "perfect gift" as an expression of their love for that special person in their life - it appears that if one fails with a bad present you may be paying for it for a good year to come, consequences may be dire... If you are a single person this day is not enjoyable at all for OH so many reasons I shan't go into. However, because this is such a commercialized holiday I think we should celebrate the true meaning of the holiday - a little history lesson if you will of what the day is all about, the true meaning behind the candy cinnamon hearts, chocolate, flowers and expensive gifts.So here it is a brief biased and opinionated view of St. Valentine's Day from this Birthday Girl.
Saint
Valentine, the patron Saint of love, was beheaded by the Roman Emperor Claudius
II because he continued to marry young couples even though Claudius forbade
it. Claudius' theory was married soldiers were not as good as single soldiers.
So there you have it = translation married soldiers are bad, single soldiers are good...Not sure about this theory as history shows the Romans
lived very interesting lifestyles they were free with sex, drugs and drink. And as to sex well orgies were apparently common and a partner was all good regardless of gender. My own theory
is that Claudius II was just tired of all the commercialism and was setting
a punishment precedent for over indulgence and excessive
materialism for modern times but hey who knows maybe he wasn't really that big
into love. FYI some historians believe Claudius II was murdered by his wife...may be he bought one too many bad gifts like a new wooden spoon or something equally awesome for his Empress' kitchen?
New Goal: Use more appropriate language...(again this may prove to be extremely difficult)
Regardless I hope you have a good Valentine's Day! May it be
filled with lots of chocolate, good wine and far too many cinnamon candy hearts
than are good for you.
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