Valentine’s Day is often regarded as a celebration of romance that is marked with much fanfare among lovers as a yearly commemoration of their love towards one another. Naturally, Valentine’s Day is one filled with lavish gifts as well as meticulously thought-out itineraries as an expression of a couple’s blossoming ardour for one another.
Some of these plans may even include an evening out around town, with dinner followed by drinks at a bar or hitting the dance floor at the club. With that in mind, a nightclub across the Causeway has decided to cash in on the fun and introduce a Valentine’s Day promotion to draw in patrons.
SG nightclub offers 50% Valentine’s discount for men who bring their wives & mistresses together
Taking to their social media account to drum up interest, Club Rich Singapore has issued a risky challenge to any men who are bold enough to take them up on it: get 50% off your total bill, if you bring both your wife and your mistress to attend the evening’s festivities with you.
As one can expect, the post has swiftly gone viral across social media and raised more than just a few eyebrows for the audacious dare in putting one’s marriage on the line for a night for a discount.
The post has also spawned a number of hilarious comments from tickled netizens. A woman took to asking if the promotion was valid for women bringing their husbands and boyfriends.
Another wanted to know if they could get more discounts if they brought more mistresses along.
One asked if they had to bring their marriage certificate along for the challenge.
Forget a 50% discount, anybody who manages to pull off the challenge should have their entire bill compensated, said this netizen
But where did Valentine’s originate from?
While the exact origins of the festival itself are murky, the interpretation of Valentine’s Day that we are most familiar with is commonly associated with the Christian saint Valentine’s, according to History.com. However, the jury is out as to which Saint Valentine’s the celebrations honour, as the Catholic Church recognises three different saints that go by the names of either Valentine or Valentinus.
The first of which refers to a priest named Valentine who served in Rome during the Third Century. At the time, reigning Emperor Claudius II decided that unmarried young men were best suited to become soldiers and banned marriages. In the face of the injustice, Valentine continued to carry out marriages for young couples in secret in defiance to the emperor. When he was discovered, he was put to death.
Some claim that the Valentine in the tale refers to Saint Valentine of Terni, a different man who was a bishop but was also beheaded by Claudius II.
Lastly, one more story claims that Valentine assisted Christians in escaping prosecution from the Romans. When he was arrested, he allegedly fell in love with a young woman who visited him in prison, likely the daughter of a jailor. Prior to his execution, he sent her a letter that was signed ‘From your Valentine,’, which has since spawned the practice of sending anonymous Valentine’s letters on this very day.
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