{"version": "1.0", "type": "rich", "title": "for the first like 14 years of my life i thought that the story of saint valentine and valentines day were a celebration of a...", "author_name": "kontextmaschine", "author_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "provider_name": "kontextmaschine", "provider_url": "https://kontextmaschine.com", "url": "https://kontextmaschine.com/post/676260762838319104/", "html": "

acreaturecalledgreed:

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acreaturecalledgreed:

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for the first like 14 years of my life i thought that the story of saint valentine and valentines day were a celebration of a massive gay polyamorous marriage and let me tell you, i was sorely disappointed when i learned i had massively misunderstood that story

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i was told the basic story of\u00a0\u201cthe king had made it illegal for young men to get married so that they could be drafted off to go to war (as married men with families were not, apparently)\u201d and that\u00a0\u201csaint valentine thought this was cruel, and married the young men in secret\u201d

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what this was supposed to communicate to me was\u00a0\u201csaint valentine would marry young men to their girlfriends in secret as a priest at his own risk and thats why we celebrate valentines day\u201d\u00a0

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what i got out of it was\u00a0\u201csaint valentine married a shitton of dudes so he could protect his army of husbands from having to go to war and it was beautiful and love can halt war in its tracks and thats why we celebrate valentines day\u201d

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and thats why the assumption that a child would automatically get a hetero interpretation of the story and the innate unclarity of the english language made me think that valentines day was about mass gay poly marriage until i was like fourteen and recited the story to a friend who stared at me like id grown three extra heads

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i like my version better im not gonna lie

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