How’s Your Love Life? A Metro Weekly Valentine’s Day Forum
metroweekly.comLove means different things to different people — there is no one simple definition. But we all generally agree that along with love comes romance, and along with romance come specific tropes: wine, roses, chocolates, and sex.Those tropes are out in full force every February 14, on Valentine’s Day, a holiday that some view as a celebration and affirmation of romance.
Others take a more cynical viewpoint of the day as a revenue spike for the greeting card and candy industries.Whatever your feelings about Valentine’s Day, it is an unavoidable fact of life in America.
It originated, according to Wikipedia, “as a Christian feast day honoring a martyr named Valentine and through later folk traditions, it has also become a significant cultural, religious and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world.”Regardless of the origins, it is a day in which couples (and throuples) of all sexualities display their love for one another.
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