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Embittered as we may seem, we’re suckers for an inventive and unexpected pronouncement of ever-lasting love. Really. (This also means that we hate seeing a marriage proposal backfire spectacularly.) But we love mental_floss’s listicle of 10 Quirky Marriage Proposals so much we might ask it to marry us, and although we’d be a couple days [...]

There are few things more satisfying – in fiction or real life – than seeing the long-unspoken bond between two close associates finally bloom into a full-blown romance (e.g. Jim and Pam on The Office, Ennis and Jack in Brokeback Mountain). As work takes over more of our time and becomes the focus of our [...]

Today is a rather weird day, no? It’s both Friday the 13th (the first of two consecutive Friday the 13ths, we might add) and Valentine’s Day Eve. (It’s also three days before Presidents’ Day, an entirely separate can of worms.) How are we to feel on a day loaded with such contradictory meanings? Scary? Romantic? [...]