'The poor wish to be rich, the rich wish to be happy, the single wish to be married, and the married wish to be dead.'
~Ann Landers~
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'Don't wait for the one you can live with, wait for the one you can't live without.'
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Valentine Love Failure - Passion ExtinguishedAn Austrian 'Romeo' burnt the house down after making a giant heart out of blazing candles.
Hannes Pisek, 20, from Hoenigsberg in the province of Styria, used 220 candles to make a huge heart on the floor of his flat. He then lit them and went to pick up his girlfriend from work - but the plan backfired when the flat caught fire.
Pisek was left out in the cold as firemen battled to bring the blaze under control. He has now lost his home and his girlfriend - she left him afterwards and has moved back with her parents.
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Love is friendship set on fire. Jeremy Taylor ````
Lovely Valentine True StoryDoting Couple Have Used the Same Valentine's Day Card for 70 yearsClean Valentines day card
There's no danger of 88-year-old Harry Ward forgetting his wife Doris's Valentine's Day card - the couple still use the same one he bought her 70 years ago.
When 17-year-old Harry Ward presented his sweetheart Doris with a Valentine's Day card as he boarded a train to join the wartime effort on 14th February, 1941, he must have been fairly confident his affections would be requited. After all the couple had been dating since they met in a Bristol café three months earlier. Little can he have imagined that 70 years on, not only would he still be happily married to Doris, but that every year she would present him with the very same card he gave her at the railway station that Valentine's day.
Now the card is set to make another appearance on the couple's mantelpiece as Mrs Ward, 87, dusts it off in time the celebrations.
'I bring it out of the cupboard and put it on our mantelpiece every Valentine's Day,' she said. 'It's as special to me now as it was 70-years-ago. Harry has never bought me one since, because I have this one every year.'
The couple married in 1942; and they went on to have two daughters, two granddaughters and four great grandchildren. They had met in a café in November 1940 after Mrs Ward, who was in domestic service, had missed her bus home.
Mr Ward, now 88, told us, 'I knew Doris was the one for me the moment I met her. It was a heck of a night during the Blitz, but at least it meant we met each other. I gave her the Valentine's card then and she is still my Valentine now.'
Mrs Ward's card which reads, "Two hearts entwine this Valentine. True love makes it sincere"
In addition we were told, 'The secret to our happy marriage is that we never go to bed without a kiss goodnight. We are as still in love as the day he first gave me this card.'
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Love is a game that two can play and both win. Eva Gabor ````
First Valentine Love Story EverA lasting Legacy of 500-year-old Love
Love it or hate it, even the most hardened anti-Romeo will be hard pressed to avoid Valentine's Day this year.
Here is a letter which is on show at the British Library. It is a letter, written from a young woman to her love, and is the first mention of the word Valentine in the English language.
The letter shows they were no different to us. They had the same loves, desires and financial problems.
In 1477 Margery wrote a letter to her John pleading with him not to give her up, despite her parents' refusal to increase her dowry.
Addressing her 'ryght welebeloued Voluntyne' (right well-beloved Valentine), she promised to be a good wife, adding, 'Yf that ye loffe me as Itryste verely that ye do ye will not leffe me" ' (If you love me, I trust.. you will not leave me).
While romantics 534 years later might celebrate Valentine's Day with fine dining, chocolates and FTD Valentines Day flowers, Margery is left pleading with her love not to leave her while pledging her heart over all 'earthly things'.
She promises her undying love, 'Myne herte me bydds ever more to love yowe truly' (My heart me bids ever more to love you truly), and speaks of her ailing body and heart over her fiance's continuing silence.
However, modern-day lovers be reassured, like any self-respecting fairytale romance the heart did rule the head and, despite her father's stubbornness over her dowry, Margery did marry her knight and the couple had a son, William, in 1479. Margery died in 1495, John in 1503.
While her letter is also written on paper, there is one key difference. She didn't write it herself we have learned. It would have been dictated to a man who would have written it for her. However, says Julian Harrison, curator, 'The fact that she isn't writing the letter doesn't mean she can't write, it means she can afford someone to write for her. People have assumed that people in the past were illiterate, but actually levels of literacy may have been higher than we think.'
A marvellous tale with which to celebrate Valentine's Day.
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I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach. Elizabeth Barrett Browning````
Say I Love You - With Post-it NotesClaire Northcott decided to declare her love for boyfriend Gordon Husband by writing it on 500 Post-it notes. She then stuck them all over his pick-up truck. Ms Northcott, 33, said, 'I spent over an hour-and-a-half writing the notes with felt-tip.'
Mr Husband was understandably surprised when he spotted his vehicle outside the flat the couple share in Paignton, Devon, UK. 'He said it was the most romantic thing anyone had ever done for him,' observed Claire.
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'Lucky is the man who is the first love of a woman, but luckier is the woman who is the last love of a man.' Anon````
Don't Make a Fuss About Valentine's Day
BackgroundMy dearest wife is always going on and on and ON about NOT making a fuss over her on Valentine's Day. She repeats that it's the thought that counts.
Well, I put a lot of thought into the gifts from previous February 14ths but she didn't quite take to any of them like I assumed she would. Here's my list - see what you think:
Brand new mop and bucket.
I was thinking it would be fun to see what colour the floor was because I couldn't remember.
Romantic dinner at fast food restaurant.
I was thinking that she might like to go inside for a change instead of fetching dinner at the drive through.
Chocolates left-over from last year's candy box.
I was thinking of how proud she'd be of me for not wasting food. She's been nagging me for years to recycle.
Midnight moped ride through the park.
I was thinking that I'm getting too old to be peddling on the bike.
Dozen roses printed on high quality photo paper. One of my favourites this -
I was thinking these would last a lifetime instead of just a week.
45 second back massage.
I was thinking any longer and she might think I was interested in something else.
Windows 8.1
I was thinking how proud she would be to be a part of the technology crowd.
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For twas not into my ear you whispered
But into my heart
Twas not my lips you kissed
But my soul.
Judy Garland
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Good morning everyboomie.
How is everyone doing this fine day?
It's been a nice day here, if not eventful. Kind off boring actually.
Beautiful weather in the afternoon, but the wind made this morning way less than bearable.
We went to the park early on, and then walking the neighborhood later on.
I had my breakfast, and since then just the 'fast' part, except for some nut mix.
My weight has gone back up to 195lbs, and now it has to come back down to 180. That's where the boring part comes into my day. It's no fun
not eating.
The constant heartburn is not much fun either though, and I'd rather do without it.
We're going to be up to 61 degrees Wed. and then 71 on Thur. That'll help with the exercising motivation.
If I don't kill myself first.
Have a happy hump day everyone.
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nothing worse than the wind whipping up and ruining a beautiful day, take it easy and good luck with the weight loss even though i agree it's not fun when we can't have our favorite food. cheer up
Hiya - Oh poor nugget he sounds cute...keep safe & warm with the snow there...
hehehe now you need some scallop potatoes lol nah just a hot chocolate or a good scotch.
Yep i would be too - okay good night and sleep well. Happy gaming
i've put on weight but when i visit my mum i know i will lose it as she like;s to go jewelrey and clothes which means walking.
have fun and take care, have a beautiful day.
