Valentines Day and the Concept of Indifference

Yesterday marked a week before February 14th. Valentines Day. And thus began the obsession once again. And I'll admit to being slightly annoyed by the "Valentine's Day is so romantic, I have the best boyfriend in the world" sayers, but nothing can compare to the people who take to the opposite extreme-"I hate Valentines Day, it's so stupid and pointless." Really, guys? I suppose I can understand why you're upset that you don't have someone to spend Valentines Day with, but feigning anger and mocking something that really has very little impact on your life is, in my opinion, simply ridiculous. I'm not going to comment on people who are excited for Valentines Day and like their significant others; that's great and I'm glad you're in a happy relationship and quite honestly, I can't make a valid argument against something that makes you happy and influences your life on a daily basis. However, those who make it a habit of reminding everyone how awful their life is around Valentines Day not only confuse me, but make me really kind of annoyed. I suppose that wanting a boyfriend is something some teenagers want in their life-peer approval is just part of life, right? But why spend so much energy denouncing something so insignificant in the grand scheme of things? The word "indifference" exists for a reason. If you don't have a boyfriend/girlfriend/whatever you may call someone you have a relationship with, what's the point of telling everyone and their brother your version of Valentines Day? Calling it stupid won't make it any less existent. It'll always be there and there are so many more things you could do with your time and energy than complain about something that no one really wants to hear you talk about. What you want is called indifference, and it's really a nice thing.