When I was watching this week's Valentines Day GLEE Episode (where all of the characters are running around trying to get with someone for Valentine's Day or show their love to their other half), I realized something crucial.
Here is another shocking case of everything we were brought up to believe about relationships as kids has changed. In elementary school and middle school, we're all about giving out valentines, sending candy grams, and showing our friends, classmates, and crushes how much we like them. Keep in mind I always had the coolest Valentines from Looney Tunes and Power Rangers to 98 degrees and Grey's Anatomy. This pattern continues on through high school, and maybe even college, as we try so hard to get it known that we love someone and we want that love returned. Now in college, its easy to drink too much and run off with a lonely person sitting next to you.
But suddenly, school is gone, and the rules have flipped around. The last thing you want to do is start something around Valentine's Day. It's too much pressure, it sends the wrong message too soon, and the only things you can see are romantic comedies about people in your exact situation or bloody horror films. You end up like Topher Grace and Anne Hathaway in Valentine's Day, attending a 4-course lover's meal on your first date.
Is it too much to ask for a happy medium?
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