I walked into an APUSH review session this morning and was immediately greeted with, "Heyyyy. Happy Valentine's Day!" My reaction: "Oh, is that today?"
I guess, in some way, it had registered in my head that today was the 14th of February and that said date is indeed Valentine's Day. But somewhere in between those two thoughts, there was a minor disconnect.
I can't recall Valentine's Day being particularly special at school last year, but I feel that the various significant others of our school really pulled out all the stops this time around. From the oversized teddy bears to the generous boxes of chocolate, I could tell that people really... embraced the occasion.
On the scale from bitter-about-not-having-a-boyfriend to extremely-enthusiastic-and-in-love, I would say that I fall somewhere between apathetic and accepting-of-free-brownies-and-such. I won't rant about how Valentine's Day is just another day in which stores can exploit our society's consumerism and blah blah blah. (I will say, though, that watching boyfriends panic because they forgot to buy flowers for their girlfriend is pretty hilarious.)
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