Valentine Is Coming

Valentine’s Day aka Singles Awareness Day is an annual holiday recognized around the world. It celebrates romantic love, making it a popular day for couples to spend together. Valentine’s Day is traditionally associated with red hearts, romance, flowers, candy or other sweet things, and the exchange of cards, called valentines, that express love. Most people agree that Valentine's Day is good if somewhat random, opportunity to shower loved ones with affection. At the same time, people also seem to resent the holiday's obligatory nature.

For some of us that don't know the story of Valentine’s Day, it dates back to the life of St. Valentine, a Roman Catholic martyr who died in the third century. Although the facts of St. Valentine’s life are murky (some sources say he was persecuted for performing forbidden marriages, while others say he helped Christians refugees escape Roman violence), he is consistently presented as a moral, generous, and romantic person. One legend holds that St. Valentine became friendly with his jailer’s daughter and wrote her a note signed “From your Valentine,” which remains a popular phrase associated with Valentine’s Day.

There is some controversy over how Valentine’s Day first became associated with romance and the celebration of lovers. Some scholars point to Geoffrey Chaucer’s 14th-century poem, The Parliament of Fowls, which praises Valentine’s Day as a time when birds choose their mates and love is remembered even in the cold of winter. Others believe Valentine’s Day is the Christian version of a pagan fertility holiday called Lupercalia, which was celebrated by the Romans.

Either way, the romantic meaning of Valentine’s Day has existed since the Middle Ages, and gained popularity as a gift-giving event for aristocrats in 18th-century England and America. The first mass-produced Valentine’s Day cards were created by Esther Howland in the 1840s. Since then a large industry has developed around the making and selling of Valentine’s Day products like flowers, cards, and candies.

Here are some things to avoid this Valentine

• Are You Going To Propose? Wait…No- Don’t get fooled with the day’s vibe and pop the question with a ring on your hand while you are on your knees. Just relish this romantic day. And postpone the idea of proposing your lover and save it for later. Notably, people go to fancy restaurants with this day, of course, if you also happen to go there you will find many such couples making this “propose,” and that will consume your exclusivity.

• Don't drink out of nervousness or cause you are single, you can find fun within your self.

• Going through your old relationship photos and wondering what you did wrong- When a relationship ends, it means you dodged a bullet, almost every time. It’s easy to look at old photos and think you had things better, but the truth is if it ended it was never going to last, to begin with. Logic. Plus, your ex probably sucked, which is why he’s your ex.

• Don’t Promise Or Overpromise- You are heading out with him/her for the first time, and this is not the right time to promise something. Get acquainted with each other, and keep your conversations light-hearted.

• Letting It End On February 15th- The best way for a relationship to stay strong and powerful over the months and years is to keep love and romance in it. To keep communicating, loving, showing you care for each other. It's not about diamond bracelets and bouquets of roses - that's the Flower Vendors talking. True love doesn't rely on outlays of cash to prove it exists. There's another term for that sort of a relationship. A love match is about two people who care for each other, and who show the tenderness, concern, and love in real-world situations when it really matters.

• Don’t Dump- It is ok to lose interest in your partner and to realize that the two of you want different things from life. But keep in mind that Valentine’s Day is not the right moment to break up with your partner. It might scar them for life. Do a few days before or later😜😜😜.

Enjoy your Valentine's fam.