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Dear KiKi: How Do I Convince My Girlfriend We Shouldn’t Celebrate Valentine’s Day?
It’s overrated. It’s a commercial money grab. I hate it.
Dear KiKi,
I know you and every other dame out there is going to think I’m a giant sheepdog-sized asshole, but I have a problem. I’ve been dating my girl Sheila for four years now. Man, I love her. But she’s a bit huggier and kissier than I am, ya know? And she expects me to deliver on Valentine’s Day. Every year it is a struggle and a fight because I am a Valentine’s Day dickhead. I don’t see it, I don’t understand it, I don’t like it. If it wasn’t for her reminding me every day for two weeks, I wouldn’t even remember it. Even if I get her a card or something, I don’t feel like it’s good enough, and it just feels insincere — like I’m giving into the commercialism of it all. The way I see it, if you need a special day to tell someone you care about that you love them, there’s a problem! It’s like I’m being made to do this. But I don’t quite know how to express this. It isn’t that I’m a jerk. I care about her. But being forced to buy cheesy cards and dinners and flowers and whatever for the sake of a made up holiday is just stupid to me.
