By Danielle Marshall
Feb. 14 has transformed into a day to celebrate love and spend time with loved ones. But some of the meanings of why we celebrate Valentine’s Day changed drastically over time. This day of love has become very commercial and no longer about love, but about how much people can buy for someone.
This day has become awkward for everyone who is not in love or does not have a girlfriend or boyfriend. According to listverse.com, 75 percent of suicide rates are due to relationship problems. All the stress and hurt feelings near Valentine’s Day could add on to old relationship problems or loneliness.
Only since the 14th century, Valentine’s Day has become about love. Before this, Feb. 14 was used to for a celebration of Christianity and their Patron Saint. During the Middle Ages, Saint Valentine had become one of the most important Saints that were celebrated on this day, and scholar Henry Ansgar Kelly was said to be the first person to tie St. Valentine’s day to romance. Today it has been taken from this content and put into this world of commercialism.
This celebration just makes people that are not in love feel out of the loop or awkward. It is depressing for people who are single. Also, why on Feb. 14 do we have to celebrate love? If you are in a relationship you should celebrate love all year long not just on the one day.
We should not have a specific day to make up for mistakes that have been made all year long. Many single people around this time of the year have come to blog and post about this month being, “single awareness month”. This is more evidence to prove that many people this time of the year just feel uncomfortable. More and more people are becoming more hateful towards the holiday because of what it has become. The people have taken what was a celebration of love and turned it into a multi-million dollar business. The reasons for the “holiday” being celebrated need to change, or Valentine’s Day just needs to not be celebrated.