THE DAILY DIVERSION

You had to know that I wouldn't get out of here today without a Valentines Day post. So, in honor of the "Day of Love", I give you this...

Valentines Day is a horrible holiday for men. It really is. If, per chance, we do something right (for once), we're fully expected to trump that the following year. If we don't, we have to hear things like "Wow! Do you remember what you did back in 1985? That was so romantic!" Yeah, I hate to tell you ladies this, but we, men, don't remember what we did 25 minutes ago, so we're sure as hell not going to remember one day, ump-teen years ago. Please don't hold us to that standard. We're lucky enough if we have the ability to recall that there's a day in February where we're supposed to express our undying love for you (if we don't do it every day, that is).

If (yeah right) we do something wrong, like get the wrong gift, or get the same card we bought the year before, or don't realize you're not there just to have sex (which one of these is what usually happens), then we're in the doghouse and get no lovin'. All that effort with nothing to show for it. (This, alone is why I disliked high school, but that's at least 3 other stories.)

All this is, of course, assuming you're lucky enough to have someone to share "love" with.

I've stated it a thousand times, and I'll probably state it a million times more, but, I'm happily in love. If I have to "one up" my Valentines Day gift every year, then so be it! I wouldn't trade it for the world.

However, I would like a break between Valentines Day and my wife's birthday. That's not happening though!!