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It's again that time of the year when advertisements tell you how platinum (gold is passe) bonds you better than Fevikwik, or love. I saw red flood on my Faceook timeline and some others were expressing their anti-valentine rage. Honestly, I am not very sure about which side I belong now. I always thought and still think that the hype about Valentine's day is a consumerist proposition. If I want to celebrate love on a day, it could be anyday and furthermore, if I need to celebrate it on a special day it could be a birthday or an anniversary. And I personally think that I'm not supposed to say someone else should celebrate it or not. I just don't see the point and that's all. Evidently, we (me and wife) finished our V-day celebrations before the 14th. I gifted her on the week before, I took her for a long bike ride on the weekend (11&12) and her gifting for me was also before the V-day. Were these all part of our V...