Anniversaries and Valentine’s Days
We all know V-day is an over commercialized “holiday”. The chocolate, flowers, presents, all the pink and red everywhere … even if it is a sweet day to remind ourselves to show our affections, it’s a little much to take from the stores all saying “buy our stuff!”.
Today a friend mentioned that her and her husband have their anniversary celebration this weekend – noticeably close to Valentine’s day. This got me thinking about whether this is a good thing or not.
On the plus side, you get to celebrate two things at the same time. It’s pretty easy to remember and if the two of you are ok with it, it’s pretty easy to combine the two events. Unlike birthdays being near Christmas, these two events are actually similar in nature (a celebration of your relationship) so it’s not as contrived, either.
On the down side, you have to deal with the reservation hell that is V-day on your anniversary (though one could argue that you have to go through that hell whether your anniversary was around then or not). If you actually cared about both events individually, is there then pressure to give more significant presents and thus, putting more financial pressure at once?
Of course, I guess this all depends on whether you put any significance on V-day in the first place …
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