“The Thoughts that Counts: With Malice to None and All”

As Valentine’s Day approaches, every individual begin to contemplate about means to display his/her romantic notions toward their significant others. Most men perceive the event as just another opportunity for ladies to criticize them for their lack of romanticism while women are looking forward to have the chance to be assured of the eternal love of their partners.
Men often whine about the fact that regardless of the significance of their gifts to their ladies, they are never satisfied because other female friends get more expensive or more extravagant present, from their boyfriends or husbands, than theirs. Did Saint Valentine, the symbolism of romance turn into a competition in which the individual who is the most capable financially will win it? What did happen to us? Did we become so greedy to ignore the significance of the romantic gesture regardless of its materialistic value? Don’t we believe anymore in the adage that states: “The thought that counts”? Do we evaluate the depth of our significant others’ love with the monetary value of their gestures?
Regardless of your views pertinent to romance, you should attempt to condition yourself to go with the flow by displaying your romantic notions toward the lady in your life with an original gesture to achieve a harmonious coexistence with her. Otherwise, you will be the target of her wrath of anger for being insensitive to her romantic needs.
As for you ladies, please, attempt to be graceful in accepting your men’s gifts regardless of their monetary values or originalities. Accomplishing that task will encourage the men in your lives to continue with the tradition. Otherwise, they may believe that it would be useless to try to fulfill your romantic notions with some symbolic token of love. They could justify their negligence by the fact that they attempted and their gestures were not appreciated by their significant others.