过节了，你最好和最糟的情人节体验是什么？| BEST and WORST Valentine's Day experiences
Love is in the air as couples around the world celebrate Valentine's Day. It's a time to appreciate the fuzzy feelings finding one's second half arouse, and show exactly how much that special someone means to you through the power of gift-giving and saccharine messages. But as many get ready to create sweet memories over a romantic tête-à-tête tonight, others are trying to forget about unfortunate events that happened years ago today.
CGTN hit the streets of Beijing to ask people about their experiences on Valentine's Day – the good, the bad and the awkward.
Worst Valentine's Day experiences TOP3
最糟糕的情人节体验TOP3
1、“那天他饭都没有请我吃，电影也没有请我看，他好抠的。”
"He didn’t take me to dinner or to see a movie. What a cheapskate."
2、“我觉得我遇到的全是渣男。”
"I think the boys I dated were all rubbish."
3、“我们俩出去玩儿，我抱着她然后就摔倒了，然后就哭了一晚上，然后……买东西呗，要什么买什么呗。”
"The two of us were hanging out, and I lifted her up but she fell and cried the whole night. So I just… bought her things, whatever she wanted."
Best Valentine's Day experiences TOP3
最棒的情人节体验TOP3
1、“我就摆那个花儿，摆了一下午，然后就等她下班回来，当时我还骗她，说家里出了事儿，叫她快回来。然后她就好心急好心急就跑回来了，一看那种反差感就很激动。”
"I spent the whole afternoon arranging flowers at home and waited for her to get off work. I even lied to her and said that something happened and I needed her to come back urgently. So she rushed back but was so excited to see that it turned out to be something romantic."
2、“他来香港找我，给我买99朵玫瑰 。”
"He came to Hong Kong and bought me 99 roses."
3、“我好像没有特别过过情人节，但是，有一年，同性的好朋友送了一束花，还挺开心的。”
"For me, I think there were few memorable things, but one year I received a bunch of flowers from a female friend, which made me very happy."
Valentine's Day was originally celebrated to honor Saint Valentine from Rome, who was imprisoned and executed for performing illegal weddings for persecuted Christians. But nowadays it has become a special day for retailers, who eagerly look forward to an increase in profit on this day.
Valentine's Day today is as much about love as it is about consumerism. How much that special someone really means is widely measured by how much one is willing to spend. Eating out and buying presents, chocolate or flowers have become the new way to say "I love you" – and many are buying into the trend, whether in the West or East.
The National Retail Federation of America estimates that spending on Valentine's Day in the U.S. this year will increase by six percent to 20.7 billion U.S. dollars, compared to last year's 19.6 billion U.S. dollars. However, the number of people celebrating Valentine's Day continues to decline, down from 55 percent in 2018 to 51 percent in 2019.