"Hot take: I love Galentine's Day way more than Valentine's Day. This could be because my birthday is pretty close to Valentine's Day, so I feel like I always get jipped, or it could be because I just love hanging out with my girlfriends and celebrating female friendship! Either way, Galentine's Day is the best made-up holiday there ever was."
""So what I'm hearing is, you're upset women found a way to celebrate each other without needing male approval," one user wrote. Another wrote, "I celebrate galentines as a married woman. Cry me a river." "What would you prefer us to do instead creative director of womanhood?" one asked sarcastically. "Lonely Man Syndrome is a real bitch, isn't it?" another asked."
A man labeled Galentine's Day as "a way for single women to make themselves feel important," prompting a large, vocal backlash. Thousands of respondents defended Galentine's Day as a celebration of female friendship that includes single and married women. Commenters compared Galentine's gatherings to male social rituals like Super Bowl parties, poker nights, and fantasy leagues to challenge the double standard. Many responses used sarcasm and direct rebuttals to question why women celebrating each other should require male approval or be framed as insecurity.
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