Every year, as Valentine’s day approaches, shops make up their windows with pink and kitschy decorations, magazines publish ads for romantic weekends or intimate escapes, as do websites, publicizing the most beautiful flowers, cards and other gifts to offer the beloved one(s)… with perfect ideas for the most original gift and to escape routine. And many restaurants and hotels ride on the wave and offer exquisite packages and exotic and aphrodisiac menus, enticing those who wish to celebrate Valentine’s day in a more ‘classical’ way.This was a very popular date celebrated mostly in the US but it has spread quite fast in Europe and shops have exploited it more in recent years, seeing in it as another market possibility to expand business between Christmas and Easter.
But now, do you wish to spend the evening in a restaurant next to other supposedly romantic couples without any intimacy expressing your love to your beloved one? Or do you feel compelled to send cards and buy flowers to your husband/ wife/ lover or boy-/girlfriend just because it’s Valentine’s day? And because maybe ‘she’ expects something (I guess the ‘hes’ care less about the date…). Or do you feel frustrated and miserable if no one sends you a card or offers you flowers or invites you for a romantic evening?
Well, if you don’t give a s*** about this date, now you don’t have to commit suicide (it seems that suicide rates go up these days, as they go around new year or before the proms in the US, when silly American teenagers feel miserable and think it is unbearable to have no date…). But only if you are American… The company Alibi Network has specialised in finding alibis to suit your needs to avoid having to celebrate Valentine’s day. For an amount from 35 to over 1000 US$, Alibi develops scenarios to cheat the wife, the husband, the lover and keep you out of trouble. It seems that this year men are eager to cheat their lovers rather than their wives…
As they say, “Politicians have spin doctors, celebrities have publicists, corporations
have lawyers and public relations departments, investment banks have analysts, now regular people have Alibi network”.
So why be sad or stressed? Get an alibi or just forget the pink, get a martini and avoid the blues…
1 commentaire:
Hi,
first of all, wanna say that I completely agree with your perception of the Kitschy Valentine's "celebrations". But... I don't agree with you when saying that the "hes" seem to care less than the "shes" about receiving a card, or a present. It is just that the "shes" talk about it with girlfriends, and it is quite frustrating not being able to say that you received this or that... Men avoid to admit that they also like to be "remembered" that day, but this doesn't mean they don't care... Why else are you even writing about Valentine's day?
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