When you have reached my age, you've done a few Valentine's Days. Some have been better than others. Some were the stuff of romantic fantasies, and others were heartless and lonely.
I didn't really get into Valentine's Day until I discovered that my first female love interest had February 14th as her birthday and our first date. As one might expect of a first lesbian love affair, it had its passions and its bumps. We broke up and got back together at least three times. To this day which is almost thirty years later, we can only occasionally message each other on Facebook. But still, we can't be friends again. Silly really when you think about it. But such are the ways of love on Valentine's Day. It can take on fortuitous significance...
