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| The San Antonio Zoo has a perfect antidote to Valentine's Day, especially you have a particularly loathesome ex. |
One of them is Christmas, the other is Valentine's Day.
Since Valentine's Day is coming up tomorrow we'll focus on that.
It's a stupid holiday. If you love somebody, you don't need a specific date on the calendar to tell somebody that fact.
I tell my husband every day that I love him. And I will inform him on Valentine's Day that I love him, but I'm sure he won't be especially surprised by that news.
Valentine's Day also sucks for people who are unlucky in love. It's the marketing, advertising campaigns again that is really meant to make you feel terrible, and thus buy something to soothe your sad soul.
At Christmas, you're supposed to be insanely cheerful, according to society, even though societal pressure also makes you miserable during that holiday.
On Valentine's Day, you're supposed to be in a perfect relationship, and if you're not, you're a scumbag. Obviously, if you are not in a big romantic relationship at the moment, there are tons of likely reasons why. Probably none of those reasons are your fault.
But the evil perveyors of Valentine's Day struggle mightily to guilt you because you don't happen to be in a blissful romance on a random date, namely February 14. But there's one lovely antidote for people who hate Valentine's Day and hate a particular ex.
According to People magazine and numerous other media outlets, the San Antonio, Texas zoo is doing this:
"For those interested in embracing the less romantic side of the holiday, the zoo is hosting a special event in which spurned lovers can name cockroaches or rats after their exes, and watch them get fed to zoo animals."
The San Antonio Zoo event is called "Cry Me A Cockroach" and will be livestreamed for all to watch on Valentine's Day. In that livestream, we can watch cockroaches and pre-frozen rats get fed to the zoo's reptiles.
Gosh, watching that livestream sounds like such a romantic way to spend Valentine's Day with your honey, doesn't it?
People magazine tells us that cockroaches would cost you $5 to name, and the rats, $25. You must really hate your ex if you're willing to spend $25 on a rat named after said ex so it can be fed to another animal. In that case, you really need to get over it.
By the way, only first names are allowed. You can't fully identify your bad ex with first and last names in this "Cry Me A Cockroach" promotion.
If you're interested, click on this link to get more info and sign up for Cry Me A Cockroach.
Somewhat unrelated, but if you were just dumped by your honey, you feel crappy. But to me, the folowing song and video is a salve you can tune into any time you feel especially bad about the breakup. Guaranteed you'll feel better:
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