Men hate Valentine’s Day. It’s true. In my profession, I spend most holidays in restaurant kitchens, Valentine’s included, so the occasion has never really been a big deal for me. I had no idea that men hated this day in particular, until last year.
I was thoroughly educated by my fellow chefs (4 men, various ages & situations) of the intense pressure this day brings to every man they know, themselves included. Apparently, the expectation to somehow create, in setting and substance, a perfect, romantic gesture for the likely-to-be-disappointed woman in their life, drives men crazy. For some, to the point of physical illness every February 14th. Huh.
The answer? That’s even more impossible to decode than resolving the issue that “life is short.” However, by using the far-stretched notion that “life is short, melt some cheese” (aka, food fixes all things), it might be interesting to look at it a different way. To decipher what women want, let’s first nix what they don’t want.
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