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2/13/2014 4:00 pm

Question… Is it a chick thing?

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day; one of the favorite days of the year for Hallmark, Chocolatiers, Florists and Jewelers. I won’t bore you with my stance on the shallowness of everything that has come to dominate Valentine’s Day, but the endless banter about it, in the blogs, on the Net, on TV and radio has started my mind wondering about the whole thing.

This morning I was listening to a little drive time radio, a male and a female host, and they are musing about Valentine’s Day. The male host was talking about all the different things you can do for your loved one on Valentine’s Day, what will (has) go over and what will (has) not. The female host is jumping in, telling her stories about what her past significant others have done for her that were home runs and the strike outs. They talked about different thinks being appropriate at different points in the relationship etc.; the segment ended with the male host saying, “Guys can’t win”. I thought about his statement, and thought, and thought...

Valentine’s Day, at least the way it is celebrated, even in these modern times, is a pretty one sided affair. It’s still old school courtly love, where the man is to romance the woman. If you think of any of the commercials you have watched pedaling Valentine’s Day products, it’s always the dude buying stuff for the woman. I don’t ever recall a commercial where a woman is presenting her lover with a custom fitted set of Taylor Made Irons, or a New Porsche. It’s ironic that in the era of the emancipated woman we still celebrate Valentine’s Day at all, given its association with a line from a 14th century Geoffrey Chaucer poem; "For this was on St. Valentine's Day, when every bird cometh there to choose his mate." The irony, there are several; the poem was apparently written to honor the first anniversary of the engagement (and the accompanying peace treaty) of King Richard II of England to Anne of Bohemia. Yeah, a couple of 15 year old, in an arranged marriage; how romantic is that?

My question, as it is celebrated now, is Valentine’s Day a chick thing; a day when guys do things for women? If you are a woman, have you ever gone out and bought stuff, A new driver, an 18 year old bottle of Scotch, or a Tag Heuer watch for your man? If you are a man, have you ever received a manly gift from a woman in your life on Valentine’s Day?

I’m as romantic as the next person, probably more so, so I’m ok with the status quo (Valentine’s Day being all about her). However, I would like to see Steak and Sex day get an equal amount of musing when it comes time for that.

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2/13/2014 4:14 pm

I always celebrated with love tokens for my SO on v day

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