Valentine's Day Reminders

 

     Today is Valentine’s Day. And it seems that whatever you do, you’ll be reminded of it. Like I went to this neighborhood pet shop to buy something, and I noticed that the staff were all males when it used to be always all girls, and eventually, I was told that the girls were all out on dates because it’s Valentine’s Day. Even the female cats I'd always see in the shop were missing, probably out on dates also.

     I went online and almost everybody’s talking about Valentine’s Day and all the things connected to it—a lovestruck boy is asking for prayers to make the girl he’s courting say yes to him today; a lovestruck girl’s asking if today’s the perfect day to confess her love to a boy; a naughty girl’s asking if a red underwear would make her more seductive; a naughty boy is wondering if drinking pineapple juice is really effective; someone’s expressing annoyance at the sight of flowers everywhere; someone posted about Saint Valentine; another one’s inquiring on what chocolates to buy; and then there’s the tired memes about motel buildings shaking, and this guy (single, most likely) saying that all this hullabaloo about Valentine’s is just a case of much ado about nothing.

     I went offline and cuddled with my dog, and instantly, he wriggled and set himself free from me, and slid underneath the sofa, looking at me with an annoyed expression on his face, as if saying: “I’m also a boy, find a girl to cuddle with.”

     I decided to just watch a movie, a horror one, but then, I was immediately confronted by the fact that our TV’s still broken. The technician we called is probably out on a date.