Vakkotaur

I know not everyone is thrilled with Valentine's day. Some seem to love it, some seem to loathe it, and some like the general idea but think the commercialism of it has, like that of every other commercialized day or event, gone too far.

While I'm not amazingly thrilled with Valentine's day, or what it has become, I can't say I hate it. The sappiness I can deal with. The roses and chocolates and such delivered around work are no problem. Even the commercialism doesn't really affect me all that much. There is something that bugs me, though.

It's a fairly minor thing, really, and I know it. It's a poorly thought out abbreviation. I know that the preferred term nowadays for, to put it more delicately than perhaps is needed, illnesses which are often spread by quite intimate contact is STD. I know that, but I still find it very jarring whenever I see good wishes for February 14 expressed as "Happy VD."