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Chinese Valentine's Day is coming. Soon, the circle of friends will be filled with flowers, lipsticks will dominate the screen, and plastic packaging that is so ugly that it looks like copy and paste. The old lists from 2012 are still circulating, couple costumes will appear, perfumes will appear, diamond rings will shine, and candlelight dinners will appear. Oh yes, and a house. house.
house.
That year, girls were really outspoken and extremely realistic. More than 50% of female netizens said the word "house" without hesitation. At that time, I had just graduated. I was scrolling through this post in the basement of Wudaokou, Beijing, feeling that love was really expensive.
What do you think she wants?
However, looking back on the past now, in 2012, those girls who longed to own a house, by this time, their children have already reached the age of entering junior high school! So do they really feel happiness? They have settled down in the wedding room that they had been looking forward to during the Chinese Valentine's Day, but what will happen next?
I have a friend who received a house as a gift from her husband on the occasion of the Chinese Valentine's Day (this person is definitely a wealthy person). When purchasing the house, he used up all the money in six wallets when making the down payment. Then she went through a divorce, sold the house and divided the money. Calculated in this way, it was probably a love experience with the most impressive return rate in her life. Isn't this ironic?
This year’s searches tell me that what girls want has changed in 2026.
Whatever the diamond ring, whatever the house, it's all a little further back.
What do they want? There are items from the Tory Burch "Forget Me Not" series of the same style as Song Yuqi, a flower necklace that is slender and looks like it will break at any time but has strong toughness. There is also a pink limited edition bag of the Bulgari brand. This limited edition bag is not the classic green, but pink, just like the uncertain love in adolescence.
Even, a gold jewelry from Chiikawa
Can you believe it? Chow Tai Fook and Chiikawa have collaborated.
The gold pendants are made of the timid Jiyi who is crying for a while, or the wild and unruly Usachi. They use 3D hard gold technology to present the details, which look lifelike, and then hang on the neck. Can it maintain its value like this? The answer must be that of course it maintains its value. Whether it's cute or not, the cuteness is almost to the point of being foul.
Compared to being sent to a house without warmth, this is more like the meaning of love in 2026 - on the one hand, we desire the sense of security at the worldly level (gold), and on the other hand, we long for the expression of the delicate inner self (chayikawaya) that is in urgent need of care.
Or give her a tear-off love cup sleeve .
She only had a dozen yuan to buy a cup of her favorite milk tea and put a cup sleeve on it. Then, she tore open the lid of the cup and saw a crack in the heart. Inside was a small note written by you. The note said: "I will take care of all the housework this week."
This broken paper cup provides the body temperature that the house cannot provide.
In fact, girls know it in their hearts.
The girl who threatened to get a house in 12 years old may just be so depressed by reality that she can hardly breathe. What a wonderful house, with four walls and a roof that protects it from wind and rain. It is much more reliable than a man's embrace.
But the girl in 2026 figured it out.
It's never the house that's reliable
What is trustworthy is the hands that shoulder the loan repayment without any complaints. It is you who remember the niche aromatherapy that she has planted for half a year. It is you who are willing to accompany her to witness the idiot-like scream she made when her favorite Star Man blind box was opened to the hidden price.
As of this year, there are still people who are promoting the clavicle chain called "Galaxy", which is made of S925 sterling silver and has a very shiny appearance. The relevant copy says "Wear the Galaxy around your neck."
cut.
The real Milky Way is the sky you two looked up at when you were lying on the grass, not the chain around your neck.
The most expensive gift is never the one with the highest price tag.
It turns out that one day you had a quarrel and fell into a cold war. Then you went out to buy milk tea. On the way, you brought back a cup sleeve with a tear-off design. When you tear open the heart-shaped part on the cup sleeve, you will see this sentence written on it: "I used to speak too loudly."
She chuckled.
that's enough
Really, that's enough.
Don’t believe ridiculous statements like “the wedding room is the ultimate fantasy”. What it presents is not true. In fact, it is a soft article written by the house seller. The relevant rhetoric that appeared in 2012 is already outdated if considered in 2026.
This Chinese Valentine's Day, if you have money in your pocket, you can naturally buy Bulgari items and Dior brand bow-tie wallets. There's nothing wrong with that, there's no downside to expensive items other than the fact that they're expensive.
But if you’re not that rich, or your relationship isn’t there yet.
Then order an item called an acrylic KT cat insert to be inserted on the cake. Or find a shop that can customize photos and store the movie ticket stub from your first date and the boarding pass from your first trip in the same crystal.
Many shabby things that "can't be eaten, used, given away, or thrown away" will eventually become symbols in your mutual memory.
One day, the house no longer exists (perhaps it is sold for a better one, or perhaps they are separated), the car becomes old, and the children grow up and leave.
The rags are still there.
Remind you that in the summer of 2026, you loved each other very seriously.
This is the original intention of Chinese Valentine's Day.
Not begging for eternal wealth, but begging for that moment, that craftsmanship, and that heart.
Even if it's crooked, clumsy and rough.
With the smell of body temperature and sweat.
The kind of love that humans should have.
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