Valentines day: The point of view from a female in a long term relationship

[Anonymous]

A females view on Valentine's day has always been stereotyped into two categories; the first and most popular being single women hate Valentine's day and want to cry into a pillow, the second being that woman in relationships love Valentine's day and that they will spend it being lavished with gifts and affection.

Well I disagree, how can anyone's take on anything be categorised, why should I like Valentine's day because I have a man and why should my single friends feel inferior on one day a year because they don't have someone to share that day with! Where have people developed this belife that a woman bases her self worth on having a man? My boyfriend and I don't celebrate Valentine's and this was my choice, I love my boyfriend and I don't think giving him cheap trinkets shows this anymore than watching netflix together every Saturday evening.

Young girls have been given this impression that being in a relationship is everything they could want; seeing young girls cry because they haven't received a card off a boy rather than because there grades are low worries me. My mother taught me from a young age that although love is wonderful and can be inspiring, it is not all you are worth! That's myTake on Valentine's day!

[JessicaL]

Yeah, I totally agree, that is why I particularly like with the movie Frozen. Frozen shows how love at first sight doesn't always happen. In many other Disney Princess movies, the princess sees a man and they fall in love, and live happily ever after, perfect ending. While Frozen does end happily, Ana finds Prince Hans, who seems like a perfect match until he betrays her and uses her power against her. Elsa does have the right mind in a way that she refused to let Ana marry a man she met only hours before. I believe that the movie Frozen is a great Disney film, but is much more meaningful and realistic then many of the other movies released by Disney. Although youngsters watching may not fully realize the the meaning, I think it it a great moral to depend upon.

[DennisWatkins91]

There is another kind of single girls, they get together and celebrate Valentine's day without boyfriends.