The Musings Of An Opinionated Sod [Help Me Grow!]

Seriously, it’s almost insulting that companies think a woman could be so easily won over by some dropkick boyfriend simply because he sent her a card.

Isn’t that basically corporate sexism?

Maybe!?

I’ve written a lot about how much this day pisses me off [like this one] however I recently came across something that made me think men are starting to fight back.

See that card?

Well it’s a range of Valentine’s Day cards from Asda supermarket that cost 7 pence each.

SEVEN PENCE.

That’s even less than Billy spends on wooing his lady-friends.

But even better than that, they’ve gone and placed their name right on the front of the card.

I don’t know about you, but nothing says “I Love You” like a 7 pence Valentine’s Day card, made out of the cheapest paper possible with the name of a ‘every day low price’ supermarket plastered on the front.

But that’s the genius of it.

Because at the end of the day, a 7 pence Valentine’s Day card is still a Valentine’s Day card and for a woman, that is still ten thousand times better than having nothing at all … which is why I can’t help but feel the person behind this bit of evil genius was a man.

I should point out my hatred of Valentine’s Day is not because I think expressing your emotions is weak … far from it … I hate Valentine’s Day because it has fuck all to do with love and all to do with fear which is why I subscribe to the view that ‘real love’ is all about telling – and showing – what that special person means to you, each and every day.