The Biggest Valentine's Day Myths of All Time

[Seraphina]

Here ya go, from the New York Times...

If you're a Valentine's Day cynic like me you'll relate. If you like Valentine's Day, we can't be friends.

Myth: Valentine’s Day was named after St. Valentine, the Roman saint of courtly love.
Fact: You don’t need love to have a good time. You don’t even need friends.


Myth: A St. Valentine’s key is a small metal token given in some European countries as both a romantic symbol and a charm to ward off epilepsy.
Fact: Epilepsy can be treated with medication, unlike being in love, which is often fatal.



Myth: Ancient Romans practiced Lupercalia, a fertility rite involving the whipping of women with the raw hides of sacrificed animals.
Fact: Lupercalia is still practiced today, figuratively, through the voluntary act of online dating.



Myth: Cupid is often portrayed as the infant son of the love goddess Venus and Mars, the god of war.


Fact: It is well known that immunity against Cupid’s arrows of desire can be attained by wearing a Bluetooth earpiece and Crocs in public.



Myth: In some traditions, Valentine’s Day is associated with the beginning of spring.
Fact: Spring is probably not going to come this year.



Myth: A little under half of all American couples choose not to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Fact: A little under half of American men choose not to celebrate Valentine’s Day, because your anniversary was just a couple of months ago, and aren’t they basically the same thing?



Myth: There were multiple St. Valentines recognized by early Christian churches.
Fact: All St. Valentines represent one disappointing person from your childhood whom you repeatedly fall in and out of love with, because like love, the cycle of dysfunction lives on forever.



Myth: The heart symbol, long used to represent love and emotion, has only a vague resemblance to an actual human heart.
Fact: The first person to use the heart as a symbol may have had some questionable hobbies and possibly astigmatism.



Myth: It is acceptable not to acknowledge your mother on Valentine’s Day.
Fact: No, really. It’s fine. Your father probably won’t acknowledge her either, so she’ll just see you next time your washing machine is broken. It’s not like she gave birth to you or anything.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/10/opini...myths.html

[brewer]

They don't call it VD for nothing.

[vorlon13]

Can't say Valentine's Day has ever been much of a thing with my peer group or myself.

Off hand, don't recall any parties, cards, boyfriends acknowledging 2/14, nothing really . . .

[Seraphina]

Can't say Valentine's Day has ever been much of a thing with my peer group or myself.

Off hand, don't recall any parties, cards, boyfriends acknowledging 2/14, nothing really . . .

Might be a lady thing, vorls. Like tampons and dressing tiny dogs up in bows and ribbons.

-Teresa

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Obama is coming for your bows and arrows, that's what !!!!

[vorlon13]

Think I'd recall something. Just getting a big zero on this. Don't recall even using it as an excuse to go out to eat. I know for sure I was dating John during a February so many years ago, and we did push the romance angle a bit, but I'll be damned if I recall zip about anything Valentines Day with him.

Quite a bit of it might be Valentine's Day isn't ever moved to make a 3 day weekend if it isn't already on a Friday or a Monday, LOL!

And who'd waste a vacation day on it ?

[Fireball]

I got married on Valentine's Day. Haven't forgotten an Anniversary, yet.   We celebrate on some other day, because everybody else is in the restaurants that day.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

I got married on Valentine's Day. Haven't forgotten an Anniversary, yet.   We celebrate on some other day, because everybody else is in the restaurants that day.

Married #3 on Valentine's Day. Clerk of the Court made a special trip into the courthouse to perform the marriage.

[The Grand Nudger]

We got married the day after valentines day...which is the day before her birthday.  It's a big party.  We got an airbnb in Lex, and a babysitter for 48 whole hours....we're gonna burn that bitch down, lol.

[J a c k]

Fuck Valentines Day.