Did you wear red and white today? Did you purchase something unusual with a heart-shaped motif? Did you watch the phone, hoping it would ring… (At this point I will restrain myself from quoting the song ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight’, especially the bit where it goes ‘Do the chairs in your parlour seem empty and bare, do you gaze at your doorstep, and picture me there…’ See? I didn’t quote it in its syrupy entirety.

Love isn’t such a bad thing. Romance is vital for any relationship. (Apart from work relationships, and extended family relationships: there, the romance trapdoor is best nailed shut).

The power of tv:

In the 1970’s tv show, the Hulk, starring Lou Ferrigno, there is a scene at the beginning during the opening credits where a woman whose child is trapped under a burning car harnesses this incredible strength, and manages to lift it into the air. That’s love, man. (Of course, when I try to lift cars, I merely get a double hernia, and little cuts from the rusty undercarriage).

Why does my brain file that away under ‘love’?

I didn’t wear red, but I did buy some chocolate for Neen. Fortunately, at no point was she prostrate under a conflagratory automobile, so I escaped having to prove the intensity of my love.

May you all find someone to share your lives with, someone who values you and respects you, and isn’t afraid of being embarrassed in front of you. May you also find someone who likes the way you think, and isn’t afraid of helpfully reminding you when you are being a twit.

May you find someone that will love you the other 364 days of the year.