February 12, 2010, - 5:15 pm
Happy Doghouse Risk Extra-Avoidance Day in Advance
As you know, Sunday is Doghouse Risk Extra-Avoidance Day (DREAD) for American men, or what many conventionally call, “Valentine’s Day.” I think my moniker for it is far more appropriate because–I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again–there ain’t nothin’ romantic about it. Unless taking orders from Hershey and Hallmark, on how to conduct your relationship, is sexy. It isn’t. Valentine’s Day is an obligation men obediently and harriedly complete–buying cards and chocolates or flowers or getting dinner reservations–in order to stay off their significant female others bitchy side. And that’s about it. It isn’t spontaneous, caring, or heartfelt. It’s a dreaded obligation. Any woman who thinks otherwise is, well . . . not thinking. There’s a reason heterosexual men spend almost twice as much as straight women to sate their significant other on this day.
I wrote about this extensively, last year. Here’s an excerpt:
It’s a forced day. By forced, I mean that most men aren’t buying women chocolates or flowers for their wives or girlfriends or taking them out to dinner because they want to. It’s because they have to. It’s an obligation, period. Not an expression of love. Don’t fool yourself into naive notions otherwise.
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