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I’m not celebrating Valentine’s Day this year, even though I’m in a happy relationship ‘Authenticity doesn’t have a marketing team, but sweetheart steaks do’ writes Olivia Petter “I’m not celebrating Valentine’s Day. But I’d love to hear from you on [some other holiday or important milestone].” People can overstep in their desire to support those of us who are Valentine's Day is for lovers — but you don't need a romantic soulmate to celebrate. The holiday is a chance to consider just how rich, diverse and beneficial every form of love is in the human O f all the Hallmark Holidays, St Valentine’s Day must be the most despicable. What started out as a festival to celebrate love has become, like every other special day, a full on competitive “I’d gladly take someone who doesn’t show up with flowers on Valentine’s Day for someone who folds the laundry, who gets up in the middle of the night with our babies, who shows up day in and day out in a million other smaller, often unnoticed, ways.” You see, the type of relationship I’m looking to be in isn’t built on holidays. That. Instead of trying to cram all your love celebrations into one day, resolve to show love the rest of the year and take Valentine's Day off. Or better yet, turn it into a day of radical self-love. Recent Valentine’s Day History. Overall, the anticipated rate of celebrating Valentine’s Day has decreased by .37 percentage points per year over the last 13 years, as shown in Figure 1, with an overall average of 54.5%. The current year, 2025, has a slight increase from 2024. Figure 1: Celebrating Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day Planning The close proximity of Valentine’s Day and Chinese New Year this year means that you are obliged to help your mother with packing hongbao. Bottom line: Going on dates puts you at risk of a In case you need a reminder: It shouldn't matter how you celebrate this one day each year, but how you treat your partner (and your relationship) for the rest of the 364. If, like me, you decide to opt out of celebrating Valentine's Day, it's not a poor reflection of your supposed lack of care or love. In recent years, Valentine’s Day has been reclaimed and reshaped to celebrate love in all its forms – beyond romance and sex. Galentine’s Day, self-love rituals, and the celebration of deep platonic connections have gained mainstream recognition, expanding our collective understanding of what love can be. Slowly, we’ve made space for That’s a cliché I’m not buying into. “I’d gladly take someone who doesn’t show up with flowers on Valentine’s Day for someone who folds the laundry, who gets up in the middle of the night with our babies, who shows up day in and day out in a million other smaller, often unnoticed, ways.” For one evening only, Chet Sharma’s Mayfair spot will be offering a special Valentine’s Chef’s Selection menu for £75pp, featuring celebratory dishes like lobster ka shora, ajwaini brill To help compile our ultimate Valentine’s Day gift guide, we spent several weeks testing a range of potential presents and made sure to include options to suit recipients with different interests. As February 14th approaches, not everyone is looking to celebrate love in the traditional sense. For those who prefer to sidestep the cupid’s arrows or simply take a humorous st& against the wave of romance, an Anti-Valentine’s Day party may be just the ticket. Because of the heavy commercialization of Valentine’s Day, a lot of women developed unrealistic expectations. They think that they DESERVE something during Valentine’s Day. If they don’t get something, they feel sad, frustrated, and disappointed. Not only that, but Valentine’s Day promotes the wrong kind of love. People that call Valentine’s Day a “Hallmark holiday” are just trying to justify that they don’t want to celebrate it or spend any money. If you don’t want to celebrate Valentine’s Day, don’t. No one is forcing you. If both you & your wife feel the same way, that makes it easy! As the popularity of Valentine’s Day grew, mostly among the younger population, ultra-religious parties started anti-Valentine’s rallies and, finally, a private citizen by the name of Abdul Waheed filed a petition to the High Court in Islamabad to ban the day on the grounds that it is a Western cultural import that went against the Valentine’s Day is Friday and I still don’t know how, when, or where I’m celebrating So help me solve one of the mysteries and choose my outfit! #valentinesday #independent #selectionsaturday. If Valentine’s Day isn’t your favourite day ever, you’re not the only one: The Dutch are not the biggest fans of Valentine’s Day either. Since numbers don’t lie, we can tell you that only one out of five Dutchies celebrates this day, while 90% of them consider it to be just commercial nonsense — an obligation rather than a celebration. Rather than celebrate Valentine's Day on Feb. 14, Brazilians recognize Dia dos Namorados. The name loosely translates into Lover's Day or Couple's Day, and it celebrated on June 12, which is the
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