Thoughts on Valentine's
As Valentine’s Day draws to a close, here’s a small collection of things we thought interesting.
- There was a very sweet story of ‘love interrupted’ on CBC Radio’s “The Current” . Unfortunately, music copyright issues (CBC is being cheap?) mean that they won’t have a downloadable version of the story available. But maybe if lots of us ask for it…
- An alternative to buying a large bouquet of flowers is to buy a very nice, tall, slim vase and “drown” a single long stemmed rose in it. That is, you have almost the whole stem under water. I can’t recall where I heard/read about this idea, but will give credit if and when I figure it out! In any case, the idea is that you can economically have flowers around all year, buying just a single rose at a time. And, of course, you now have another full year to find the perfect vase.
- I also heard a show featuring someone from e-How talking about the chemical effects that falling in love has on the brain. This one is worthy of a full article, but the short form is that love causes a rush of dopamine in the brain similar to many types of addiction. Typically, though, we come out of that honeymoon period in six to twelve months and move to a commitment phase of love (or break up, of course).
The moral of that last piece is don’t make important decisions when you are falling in love or have just fallen in love. Set an engagement of a year or more before marrying, do some form of premarital counseling, savour that loving feeling. If you are right for each other, you’ll have a lifetime of more level-headed decision-making ahead of you.
Happy Couples, Happy Planet!
Labels: love, premarital 101, relationships, romance
posted by Heather and Dan @ 9:39 PM
4 Comments :
Robin said,
on March 8th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
My boyfriend and I are celebrating Valentine’s month. We send ecards frequently anyway but this month we are constantly sending each other Valentine’s “month” ecards. It is so fun!
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Heather and Dan said,
on March 8th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
We definitely approve!
It strikes us as an idea that could work just as well with other holidays. Though it might get exhausting if you try it a couple of times a year.
This kind of fun can also come in handy later in a relationship. Let’s say you’ve settled in comfortably for a decade… then you celebrate another Valentine’s month. It will bring back memories of how fresh and new and exciting falling in love was… and remind you why you are still together!
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No matter who you are or where you live, you are very likely to experience some anxiety with the opposite sex. And when it comes to dating there is no clear guidelines anymore on what is acceptable and what is not. As society has opened up more and more, the freedom we now have in choice comes with a paradox of choice.
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