Valentines take 2

Happy white day!

Today girls all over Japan will be getting presented with lovely boxes of over priced chocolate in return for their efforts on Valentines, or else will be getting their handbag swinging practice in for when their boyfriends get home.

White Day is said to have been introduced by a marshmallow company in the 1960s, hence the fact it is called white day, after the lovely fluffy confectionery. However they have now lost out to cookies as the most popular gift to give to a loved one - or two of three, as according to the japan-guide survey, over 70% of men give gifts to more than one girl. Scarily this includes 11% who give them to their relatives! Isn't there something wrong and kind of sad about giving a sibling a Valentines gift?