V-day

Can anyone reminds me of what exactly are we celebrating on valentine's day? Are we celebrating the power of love, thanks god we finally find our soulmate, or is a day that the girls can ask the guys to do anything to show how important they are?

I always hate valentine's day to be on a weekday, because 1) I need to be at work early in the morning, meaning cannot stay up late at night on v-day; 2) what's up with the flower war, it becomes a competitive sports in the office, receiving flowers on v-day doesn't equate to how nicely the girls are being treated, the guys can be an asshole but still sending you a bouquet of flowers, it is just a matter of $$$. It is a job needed to be done, or they will need to put up with the girls' tantrum symptom.

On Feb 14, I discovered how obscure and contradicting hk girls are. How difficult is it to carry a bouquet of flowers anyway, why they want the guys to carry the flowers for them? There are three things I would never ask a guy carry:

#1 handbag - no matter how big the bag is, with the exception of diaper bag because the mom has a tub of lard in her arms already, carrying a lady's purse is just a big NO! I thought the whole idea of buying those expensive handbags is to match with the total ensemble, why the hell do they want a man in suit to carry a feminine bag?
#2 shoes - shoes belong on the floor, not on the hands, I would never ask a guy to put on the shoes for me, unless I am pregnant and have serious back pain.
#3 flowers - i think we are already asking a lot from guys to buy us flowers, once they transfer the flowers onto the ladies' hands, they deserve a victory lap in the ladies' hands.

Unfortunately, you are mostly likely to find guys carrying ladies' bags and flowers everywhere in HK. It seem to me that as much as the girls desire for their bfs' to demonstrate their masculinity, taking care of them financially, buying them expensive footware and bags with their limited disposable income, at the same time, they want to kill their masculinity by forcing them to do whatever that can make them look sissy. What a cruel animal we are, is it a form of revenge or animosity to combat against mens' belief of polygamy?

P.S. There are a couple of girls just got married last year at my office, and yes, they did receive flowers on v-day last year, but no, they didn't get anything this year.. Does it mean a guy doesn't need to do anything thoughtful after getting married? I found that it is so much sweeter and more genuine for a married guy sending flowers to their wives. Why not saving a few bucks while dating, but contribute more after marriage?