Valentine's Day, aka Single's Awareness Day, aka Day of Guilt, aka Worst Holiday Ever. It's here. Not only is this the day that we all decry (but still secretly hope for a romantic surprise), it's a holiday celebrated only by happy couples. Think about that. Unhappy couples and bitter single people are reminded of the fact that their lives in no way resemble a romantic comedy and happy single people... well... I have no idea what they do. Probably hang out with supermodels and drink champagne whilst discussing just how awesome their lives are. I wouldn't know, but my guess is that this day passes them by without making much of an effect.
It's such a depressing holiday. Jewelry is expensive and we're sorta in the middle of an economic crisis. Chocolate is fattening and guilt inducing amongst all but the skinniest women (who probably don't eat much chocolate anyways). There's something about a single rose that is simple and beautiful, perhaps emphasized by it's ephemeral nature. Well guess what? You can't even enjoy that now. Turns out there is a 1 in 12 chance that your Valentine's Day flowers were cut by child laborers. Did your Valentine go big for the dozen roses? I think you can do the math on that one.
http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/02/theres-a-1-in-16-chance-your-v-day-flowers-were-cut-by-child-laborers/253084/
My Valentine's Day gift to the conservatives among us? There used to be a significantly larger portion of flowers imported to the US that were cut by child laborers. In 2006 Dubya began the process of a Free Trade Deal with Colombia that required a certain standard of worker's rights which included an end to child labor. Congress has finally approved and the trade deal should go into effect sometime this year. Happy Valentine's Day.
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