Love in the days of FB

I guess my anti-‘mushiness’ rears its ugly head each Valentine’s day and I just can’t seem to understand or participate in the all red and white and pink frenzy around Valentine’s Day!

Sadly CUPID is out of work in this FB driven ‘love’ recession…all the communication is handled on the so-called ‘wall’ and ‘public’ messages in FB…the lover professes his deep love over the internet and the thousands of members of this FB fraternity have to bear witness to this profound moment in two individuals’ lives! Come on people, remember the word ‘social media’?? It’s just that…a way to interact with society in the fast digital ‘no-time’ days…! It’s not the place for whispering sweet nothingness…not the place for a husband to suddenly realize his wife is the best woman on earth and the stage for that declaration..not your prayer hall where you express gratitude to god for your picture perfect family and godly children….and for your information – GOD may not be reading those FB posts for all you know??

WE love to associate all surreal emotions with material things and I guess our marketing and manufacturing giants have successfully cultivated that relationship..can you imagine Valentine’s day without red roses? Without chocolates? Without diamonds? Without that special dinner voucher? Thanks to years of successful marketing, that association is so strong that it is part of human emotion to expect a flower, a date, a gift to honour and ‘complete’ a Valentine day! Did good old Valentine ever imagine that his death would be converted into such a global ‘super sales’ day?

And imagine if there was a global network outage on Valentine’s day..there would certainly be a great deal of love lost in that outage! Would people have plan B to still go ahead and display that over-abused term called love? Can you communicate real love without use of heart emoticons, without a delivery of roses, without buying that 50% off diamonds? Sometimes all you have to do is put down that device and walk up to your partner and just listen to your favourite song …sometimes all you need is a tight hug from your little child..sometimes all you need is to see that bright smile when you help your parents with a task..love has much more than ’50 virtual shades’!