149 Valentine's day (4)

Felix checked the time and promised Sophia that there are more things planned for the day. He took her to an Italian restaurant at Manhattan, for a seven-course dinner.

The restaurant was decorated with pink balloons, red roses and heart shaped garlands.

"The entertainment and food industry are making a fortune by selling an illusion of love.", Sophia commented while looking at the heart shaped decorations everywhere around them. Even food was plated in a heart shape.

"Why do you say that love is an illusion?", Felix asked.

"I don't want to say that love is an illusion, but that these things..." Sarah pointed at red and pink decorations hanging from the ceiling, "...are not contributing to love at all. Industry only wants to make money by selling decorations, flowers, food, jewelry. And this becomes a meaningless competition in wooing a partner with a bigger, flashier, more expensive present without a care about feelings behind it. And all needs to happen in one day."