On Saturday, February 15, 2014 11:51:26 AM UTC-6, Gary wrote:
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> > The most ridiculous V-day item I saw at the supermarket was the two-pack of
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> > heart-shaped filet mignon - what a bargain at only $2 more per pound than
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> > usual.
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> > The car dealer "service advisor" offered a rose when I paid for my oil
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> > change. Is there no business that has the good sense to just conduct
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> > business as usual on Saint Valentine's Day?
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> Valentine's Day is just a marketing ploy to drum up over inflated
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> business for many companies....flowers, candy, cards, jewelry. If you
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> have a significant other that you truly love, every single day of the
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> year can and should be "valentine's day." February 14th should be
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> just one day out of 365 to express your love for each other.
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The only thing that I do on V-Day is cook my wife a live lobster, but I
was feeling poorly yesterday, so we just bought frozen tails from ALDI.

Pretty much every day *is* V-Day around here. With all my faults, not
being lovey enough isn't one of them. Most women would think I'm too
much that way, 365. I did warn her though, more than 28 years ago. I
really do believe that a lot of women, even women around age 50 would
say something like, "Couldn't you, like, go fishing, or to a ball game
occasionally?"

365 romance really isn't for everyone, and it's not an ideal. What's
important is to not be horribly mismatched, where one person feels
smothered unless the other feels neglected.

I got to laughing thinking about this. When I was a pre-teen, I was
so romance crazed that I was super into Bread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bread_(band)

There are going to be some folks thinking, "Ewww," about that revelation.
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> G.

--B