ADLW Day #1: Valentine’s Day in October

Valentine’s Day is overrated. It’s become too commercialized. Women expect a fairytale day and men fear February 14th as if it were the day they were getting a vasectomy. Society and[image error] media tell us that we must be romantic on this one day out of the year, regardless of your physical health, if you have work to do, what kind of mood you are in or what your finances are. So, we get half a billion people buying bouquets of red roses at inflated prices and fighting for reservations at crowded dimly-lit bistros. Really? This is romantic?

I’m suggesting you have Valentine’s Day this month. Why? Because you get to choose. Celebrate when you have the time (a day off or the weekend). You don’t have the rush of everyone else making dinner reservations or charging $72 for a dozen flowers. You can do it when you are both in the mood and when you are both feeling well.

And, the truth is, you don’t even have to follow the “Valentine’s Day Rules”. If you want to have a Valentine’s Day BBQ or plant a Valentine’s Day garden, or play a game of Valentine’s Tennis (score: love/love), go for it. Make it your own! Celebrate your love for one another based on what love means to you, not what Hallmark or Modern Family tells you.

Create Valentine’s Day in October and you are on your way to avoiding a divorce lawyer.

Want more on Valentine’s Day in October? Check out this five-minute video.