Story co-reported with Sanjana Murthy.
What better way to say “I love you” than with bright red hearts, a bouquet of red roses, a package of chocolate or a heartfelt-card? Valentine’s day is the one day set aside by the world for people to openly display their affection towards others. Here we explore how people love and how their expressions of love have changed.
While some students are avid fans of Valentine’s Day,appreciating the chance to display their feelings toward their loved ones, others shy away from the holiday, not seeing its purpose. After escaping the confinements of elementary school’s card giving policies, not everybody has completely bought into the highly commercialized worldwide day of love, though they continue to respect those who have.
With those ideas in mind, we asked students for their opinions about Valentine’s Day. Read below to see their answers.
“It’s nice for the people that enjoy it, but I don’t really participate. [I also think of] embarrassing notes from my sister. She sent me a note that said ‘from a girl’ and I knew it was her immediately — it wasn’t exactly subtle.”
“I’m kind of in the middle. It can be dull and boring if you have no one to celebrate with, and it also kind of depends on the person because I’m not one of those people who loves Valentine’s Day. I’m not a romantic freak.”
“It’s nice to have one day just for celebrating relationships. These days, people don’t really dedicate time to their relationships so it’s good that there’s a designated day to dedicate and spend time with each other.”
