Once again we find ourselves on the heralded day of love: Valentine’s Day. For some, this is simply another day in the week. For others, this is a monumental day of high school passion. More importantly, this is one of those days where every couple is walking on glass; this is a time of deal breakers.
So let’s talk make-or-break. According to your fellow classmates, some big sinkholes are cheating, lying, being too impartial and poor hygiene. Oh, and of course, dropping the “L” word a little too early. We can’t just go around tossing out “I love you” and cheating and being smelly, now can we?
All people have their own idiosyncrasies, but are some just too unbearable for others? For instance, gum chomping was brought up, as was acting immature, getting too clingy, and the tell-tale hyena laugh. Sometimes our quirks are the difference between “hello” and “goodbye.”
So this leaves us all with a pretty negative article, huh? Pretty cynical. Let me turn that around.
Valentine’s Day should not be a day of fearing an ominous deal breaker, nor should any day. I am by no means an expert on love, but I have lived enough to know a bit about human nature, and one thing about humans is that for two people to love each other they must love those eccentricities. The little things make us who we are. Through the little things, we derive individuality. Embrace the weird things! Embrace the differences! To clarify, I do not mean cheating or lying or things of the like; what I mean is the characteristics of each individual personality. A relationship is more than just physical attraction, keep that in mind. Ladies, love who the man is, not what the man is. Men, love who the lady is, not what the lady is.
A great band once sang, “all you need is love. Love is all you need.” Happy Valentine’s Day everyone.