Why i fucking hate St. Valentine's Day.
There are many resoans why and i'm sure that alot of people agree with me on some points. I mean lets face it to many people think it's about the cards and the candy and the flowers and the expensive dinners... latly Feburay 14th has become nothing more then a drain on your (probloy already small) income. But let's look at the history of it all shall we?
In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage.
HOLY Shock a Christion Holiday on the same day as a "pagan" one?
The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia. The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.
No wonder she was a goddes of love... the boys loved the fact they let her get to the girls... alone...
Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. Then St. Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and St. Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270.
Remember nothing says i love you like a beheading.
Yes this day had at one point some relegious meaning. Doesn't it piss you off? I know it does some people.
But the truley worst part? Being single and having to deal with all of this "This is a great day for us" shite. if you want to celebrate it great, but please keep that pink giant box of candy away from me... the smell is making me vomit.
I guess what i'm saying is:
Fuck you St. Valentine... you and Hallmark suck massive cock.
In ancient Rome, February 14th was a holiday to honour Juno. Juno was the Queen of the Roman Gods and Goddesses. The Romans also knew her as the Goddess of women and marriage.
HOLY Shock a Christion Holiday on the same day as a "pagan" one?
The following day, February 15th, began the Feast of Lupercalia. The lives of young boys and girls were strictly separate. However, one of the customs of the young people was name drawing. On the eve of the festival of Lupercalia the names of Roman girls were written on slips of paper and placed into jars. Each young man would draw a girl's name from the jar and would then be partners for the duration of the festival with the girl whom he chose. Sometimes the pairing of the children lasted an entire year, and often, they would fall in love and would later marry.
No wonder she was a goddes of love... the boys loved the fact they let her get to the girls... alone...
Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular campaigns. Claudius the Cruel was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome. Then St. Valentine was a priest at Rome in the days of Claudius II. He and St. Marius aided the Christian martyrs and secretly married couples, and for this kind deed Saint Valentine was apprehended and dragged before the Prefect of Rome, who condemned him to be beaten to death with clubs and to have his head cut off. He suffered martyrdom on the 14th day of February, about the year 270.
Remember nothing says i love you like a beheading.
Yes this day had at one point some relegious meaning. Doesn't it piss you off? I know it does some people.
But the truley worst part? Being single and having to deal with all of this "This is a great day for us" shite. if you want to celebrate it great, but please keep that pink giant box of candy away from me... the smell is making me vomit.
I guess what i'm saying is:
Fuck you St. Valentine... you and Hallmark suck massive cock.