Valentine’s Day is really pissing me off this year, and y’know what’s even worse? GALentine’s. The actual eff is a Galentine’s day? A made-up version of an already-made-up holiday?? And does anyone even use the word Gal anymore except to say gal pals which is about as annoying as the day in question so perhaps my issues stem from the word. And what about gender parity: where are all the Dudentine’s parties? MALentine’s?
Speaking of Dudentine’s parties, someone explain to me why this atrociously-monikered trend has Galentine’s parties scheduled for 2/13 … isn’t this supposed to be the substitute for the horrific hallmark holiday? How is the substitute the day before?! So non-single “gals” can still celebrate with their “less fortunate” friends and still celebrate with their (possibly even less fortunate) significant other?!
Lest you all begin to thing I’m a bitter, single hag based on the above rant, I’m going to try to salvage my happy reputation and call out the only good thing to come out of this ridiculous fauxliday (WHY HASN’T THIS CAUGHT ON?! IT’S EASILY AS CATCHY AS GALENTINE’S!! the pronunciation is a bit off tho) which is a focus on that ever-present element as essential as air: love.
Aw.
LOVE!
Self-love! Which is the most buzzy of buzzwords! But we wrote about it on dailyhap way the hell back in 2015, FOUR full years ago and before self-love was part of popular vernacular, so click here and read it because even if you read it back then you probably forgot it now.
Full disclosure: I had no idea this post was going to lead to me repping dailyhap posts from four years ago. I just wanted to complain about effin’ Galentine’s but not be too negative so here we are. Enjoy your damn fauxliday, today or tomorrow or both.