This original article originated from the public account "DT Finance" (ID: DTcaijing), author: Gao Gaoxin, editor: Tang Yeqin
For some people, today's Valentine's Day is becoming a boring burden.
Valentine's Day originally represents romance and encourages everyone to express their love. But because expressions become stereotyped, romance is no longer unique.
Media, platform recommendations, and brand ads bombard you with guidebooks that tell you what to buy, what to eat, and how to perform on the day. Everyone refers to the similar raiders and lives a similar Valentine's Day:
Prepare the perfect romantic gift and candlelit restaurant in advance, and if you have time and energy to watch a movie or show, choose a few carefully beautified photos when you go home, then type ""Long live love no matter how old you are" or some other sweet quote in the text box, and finally click the send button in the upper right corner.
Because of the similar patterns, everyone can only post similar photos on the circle of friends, Little Red Book and Weibo, and share similar restaurants, gifts and filters.
But even though Valentine's Day is so boring, many people still have to get involved and make it an obligation of love. After all, remaining calm in an atmosphere full of pink love, it is inevitable to worry about being doubted by the other half of the sincerity of love.
In the bombardment mode of consumerism and social platforms, how can Valentine's Day be new? In addition to eating dog food, how can single people celebrate the holidays? We interviewed 18 young people who jumped out of mode.
appointment
"Dating", as the name suggests, is an agreed meeting. To break the dating stereotype once and for all, don't meet. Metacosms change lives, starting with changing dating.
@Aya Aya 25 years old female
Valentine's Day in 2019, when it was still a long-distance relationship. So my boyfriend accompanied me to sit in an afternoon hot air balloon in the "Peace Elite" and had a romantic heart together. Although he didn't like playing the game, he always complained that his eyes would hurt after playing it for a while.
(Today's romantic plan has been reached Source: @Aya)
@Spicy Bubbles 26 years old female
This year's Valentine's Day coincided with the New Year's holiday, and I couldn't meet with my partner in a long-distance relationship. So I made an appointment in the game, took a photo, didn't spend a penny, and the two were quite happy.
(happy wife, happy life image source: @spicy bubble)
@Want to have a dog 20 year old female
I'm in Shanghai, he's in Xinjiang, and he normally wakes up two hours later than me and sleeps two hours later. As a result, there are often situations of waiting for him to get up in the morning and waiting for him to come home in the evening (the couple's sense of mutual progress and retreat). This Valentine's Day, he promised me to come home early and watch the same movie as me on video.
gift
DT Finance's survey a few days ago showed that 7 adults are most concerned about each other's intentions when receiving gifts. But how to better express your heart is a metaphysics, especially after disposable income has entered a new level, only buying expensive ones is also a bit perfunctory. The effective gift-giving philosophy of young people lies in the effect of relying on creativity and labor that does not bring a sense of burden to the other party to achieve the effect of four or two thousand pounds.
@Maooly 21 years old female
I sent this picture to my boyfriend, I didn't expect him to ask for a link? Well, then that's his Valentine's Day present this year.
(Source: Little Red Book user @ Qianqian)
@Baba Lamb 26 years old female
Last year's Valentine's Day was catching up with the third day of the Chinese New Year, and the double happiness was naturally indispensable to the sense of ceremony. So it took 13.14 kilometers to complete this beautiful rose.
( Source: @Baba Lamb)
@ Xiao Fan 21 years old male
I want to send "virtual chocolate" to the anchor, and then prepare to wait for the white Valentine's Day to receive the gift.
@ElE Mimi 21 years old female
As a long-distance lover, I will take some small vlogs at every time I meet. Whether it is the process of rushing to meet, or a small clip of shopping and eating together, it will feel romantic to watch later. This year's Valentine's Day is not unexpectedly still different, so I plan to cut these short videos into a long, complete video and send it to him on that day! Let him have a circle of friends material, and it feels very memorable (BTW wishes us an early end to the off-site!). ）。
@ Beautiful Girl Strongman 22 years old female
Since living with her boyfriend in July last year, although I have not yet obtained a license, I feel that I have become a family. This year's Valentine's Day, we don't plan to go to the restaurant, thinking of making our own good dishes for each other.
consume
Young people know that consumerism is one of the main reasons why Valentine's Day becomes boring. In the face of consumption traps, the holidays are not so important. It can be simply to escape the consumption of this festival, or it can be lived as a consumption festival.
@Goodnight Alice 19 female
In order not to spend money on Valentine's Day, I plan to break up first on February 12 and get back together on February 16.
@Ono 18 years old female
As for how to spend Valentine's Day, I have to wait for my boyfriend to arrange, but I am actually more concerned about the promotion on that day, and the wool is the source of my happiness.
(Happiness comes from "buy buy buy buy" source: @Ono)
@ Yibao 18 years old female
What is love? It matters to make money! I plan to go to the door of the hotel to sell roses, one for 68 pieces.
Single
The best way to break the bitter mood of Valentine's Day is to uphold the concept of being single and celebrating Valentine's Day, and find ways to find fun for yourself. If you can't resist dog food on your own, then create a partner without a partner.
@Niko 20 years old Female
Prepare to find a temporary CP and go on a trip to the King's Canyon together.
@D: 19 male
Asking a friend to go to the script to kill, the fly in the ointment is that there is a high probability that the couple will be spelled.
@ Little Broken Pocket 20 years old male
Single, I wanted to print 300 small notes with "Break Up" printed on it, so I went to the supermarket and stuffed it into a chocolate box.
Of course, you can also turn dog food into strength, be proactive, and take advantage of the pink atmosphere of the city to be full of preparations and create opportunities for yourself to live a real Valentine's Day.
@ Absolute sweet mouse 26 years old female
Passive + dead house + workaholic, I signed up for the single offline dating activity in the same city. How to say it, the letter girl is willing to eat vegetarian for a year, and the next Valentine's Day is no longer lonely.
@Tedamir 22 years old female
My rental house is less than a stop away from the company of the little boy I have a crush on, but he doesn't know I live here. On Valentine's Day, I planned to take a half-day off in the afternoon, go home to dress up, and then go downstairs to his company to "meet" him. I inquired, and they were sure to leave work on time that day.
@Intern S 24 years old female
I made two preparations. Plan A is dating a long-term fixed development object, Plan B is another random non-fixed relationship of men, the current Plan B also has several candidates, depending on who wins the final bid. Anyway, I would put on my makeup and sit at work, and someone would always ask me out at night.
If you're hanging out with Plan A, the entertainment is a walk; if you're with Plan B and meeting for the first time, go to dinner after work, look at the rim of your eyes, and then consider whether to go to his house or come to my house. And I'm not going to go through 214, I'm going to be over 215 (Lantern Festival in 2022).
Looking around, the Lantern Festival is a Chinese Valentine's Day.
(Source: TV series "Family with Children")