Valentine's Day for the Non-Conformist

First off, let me say that this is not an anti-love post. I love love! I'm head over heels in the thrall of it right now and have been for the last 5 years. But Jim and I don't celebrate Valentine's Day. Why cram all of the big romantic gestures into one day when everyone else is doing it too and it's just getting shoved down your throat? I can't even count the number of couples I know who secretly dread the pressure of Valentine's Day and worry that some other couple is going to do something better and then make them look bad. A lot of my single friends loathe seeing all of the lovestruck couples, while the lovestruck couples grumble over the dirty looks those who haven't found love yet are shooting their way.

Jim and I don't celebrate because there are 364 other days in the year when being in love is way more fun than it is on February 14th. And we're the kind of people that relish the little things.