Valentine's Day

"You can’t strike sparks off your significant other if you’re glaring at them across the kitchen table 24/7. Or you might find yourself avoiding eye contact altogether, for fear your loved ones will glimpse the lake of ennui within"

What's that all about then? Well I took in from an article in the Sunday Times by Rowan Pelling, it was basically saying forget Valentines, or perhaps Valentines can still go ahead but not as we know it:)  She doesn't use those words, I added them.

The thrust of her article is basically forget this year, even the big advertisers have scaled back because they know they're flogging a dead horse. So what are the thoughts on what we could maybe do instead of what we would usually hope to do? Here they are:-
 
● Go for a run or similar form of physical exertion, so you have good endorphins flooding through you — rather than murderous ones
 
● Lay off the booze for once, so your senses aren’t totally muted. Try a bit of sustained eye contact: feel the fear and do it anyway
 
● Watch Bridgerton or The Handmaiden on Netflix and let the actors do the heavy panting for you. Buy the Costa Book of the Year, Monique Roffey’s The Mermaid of Black Conch, which has a first-rate squelchy man-mermaid sex scene (if you like that, read Roffey’s searingly erotic novella The Tryst, featuring a sex daemon)
 
● Settle for a hug or kiss — this February 14 is all about small wins.
 
Alternatively, switch on the electric blanket and go to bed early with a box of chocolates: a gift from the person who knows your needs best — yourself.
 
I don't like any of them, I shall try to find my own way of releasing endorphins and I hope it will involve P giving me a very long and satisfying Valentine's spanking. That will do nicely and if there's a bit of sex thrown in that will be a bonus, better than a box of chocolates.

Stay safe.

Have a good week.
 
Ronnie
xx