Happy Valentine's Day

It's Valentine's Day once again. ​Men are out there desperately looking for someone they can unselfishly give flowers or candy or jewelry or something really special to. This is being done (supposedly) to make the other person feel romantically ecstatic for the next 364 days. Unfortunately, as the collective sound of "Awwww" is heard when well-written cards are opened and the red helium filled ballon-hearts begin to fly towards the clouds, there is still something missing. And you know what it is. ​

Yes, it's the fact that ALL MEN ARE DOGS. And to be clear, I don't mean our four-legged faithful friend like Oliver over here, who wouldn't hurt a fly. I do mean ​the two-legged one who is probably knocking on your door, even as you read this.

Okay, okay, I'll be fair. For all those out there trying to be romantic, how did this all get started? Rumor has it in Rome during the third century, religious men under the Catholic Church, named Valentine (or Valentinus) pushed back on the system and began the hullabaloo. ​

Whether you believe it was a priest who secretly married Roman soldiers in defiance of church law, or that an imprisoned Valentine, before his death, wrote a letter to his jailor's daughter (a letter signed "​From your Valentine"), by the Middle Ages, legends like these made Valentine's Day the most popular holiday in England and France. 
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Let me be straight with you (in a manner of speaking), does anyone really believe that men suddenly change their stripes because of a date on a calendar? Many times, the 14th of February is used as an excuse to be especially close to a "loved one."

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In other words, Valentine's Day is simply a candy-coating of what goes on the rest of the year. According to the theory of instinctual male sex drives (Dyllon's Law XXV, 2011), "Man is driven by his need to procreate in an attempt to perpetuate the human species." Many would call this an excuse for a guy to pursue the person (or persons) in his sights. Many more would agree that this is only part of the story.

Fortunately or unfortunately, sex drive is part of our DNA. Humanity has struggled with it for millennia and will continue to do so for a very long time. The push-me, pull-you that a man usually feels when meeting someone new, hopefully evolves into a civilized relationship, which we call romance. 

Regardless of my theories, I've alway been a sucker for romance, so I'll leave it at that. HAPPY St. VALENTINE'S DAY everyone.

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