Valentine's Day destroyed by mean, empty gestures  February 14,
2014   When did Valentine's Day turn into a mean girls
competition? A quick search shows that Valentine's Day began as
a religious observance and became the lover's holiday in the
Middle Ages.  I was watching TV and on came an ad for Shari's
Berries. This woman extols the virtues of the flavor, then says
"he sent it to my office and everyone was jealous." Really?
That's what you want, to make your friends and coworkers feel
badly? Nice friend.  Then came the ad for flowers. Lovely
arrangements grace the screen and then they start talking ...
the actors, not the flowers: "He made all the other men look
bad." Great, now you've not only spent twice what they'd cost
any other day but you're going to get taken to task at the next
office party.  "She'll be happy to show them off" -- because it
isn't about small loving tokens to each other, is it?  I used to
like Valentine's Day. I loved it for its goofiness. The
construction paper hearts surrounded by