Hyvää ystävänpäivää!
Valentine's day is a waste of opportunity.
The Finns are very bad at telling their loved ones they love them or their friends they appreciate their friendship. That's why they created "Friend's day" - not simply Valentine's. Friend's day is the day to tell all your friends how much you like them, send them flowers, chocolate and heart-shaped cards, invite them over for a nice if less than romantic dinner and so on.
Another reason why Valentine's is a waste of opportunity is that only those lucky ones (are they lucky? I'm not sure of this point) with boyfriends, girlfriends, husbands and wives, can appreciate it. What are the singles supposed to do? Either, the "love in the air" will really irritate them, because they're jealous, or it will irritate them, because they - well, it'll just irritate them. If you'd been me in fourth year secondary, you'd know why.
Anyway, friends and friends all over the world: hyvää ystävänpäivää! Let the sun shine on your day whichever group of people you belong to.
1 comment:
Happy Friend's Day. *sends virtual cookies*
And yes, I was around in secondary school. Eurch.
Luckily, I forgot it was even Valentine's day (I usually get quite irritated by the fakeness of it all) as I stayed in my flat.
Love you (even when it isn't Valentine's Day!)
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