Love and Romance » Blog Archive » What do you think’s romantic?
says: February 13, 2007 at 3:46 am […] P.S. For those of you who are really, really sick of ‘classic romance’, here’s a link to the Be My Anti-Valentine site: ‘The idea of the site is to provide an alternative card-sending service for all the people who think Valentine’s Day is sickly-sweet, exclusively coupley, consumerist nonsense or otherwise a bit naff’ (from the FAQs). The creator of the site doesn’t reject romance: I’m not anti-love or anti-romance or anti-relationships. I’m against hollow gestures prescribed by people who are out to make money out of the holiday. […] I’m against anyone with a vested interest telling us how and when it’s appropriate to be affectionate – say it with roses, a diamond is forever, if you REALLY loved her, you’d take her to Paris. […] I hate the fact that flowers which are reasonably priced at any other time of the year suddenly rocket in price in February, only to plummet again afterwards. […] • Meg Pickard » Anti-Valentine Cards Rela
