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In recent years, Valentine’s Day has been reclaimed and reshaped to celebrate love in all its forms – beyond romance and sex. Galentine’s Day, self-love rituals, and the celebration of deep platonic connections have gained mainstream recognition, expanding our collective understanding of what love can be. Slowly, we’ve made space for Recent Valentine’s Day History. Overall, the anticipated rate of celebrating Valentine’s Day has decreased by .37 percentage points per year over the last 13 years, as shown in Figure 1, with an overall average of 54.5%. The current year, 2025, has a slight increase from 2024. Figure 1: Celebrating Valentine’s Day. Valentine’s Day Planning Valentine’s Day is for lovers — but you don’t need a romantic soulmate to celebrate. The holiday is a chance to consider just how rich, diverse and beneficial every form of love is in the human experience, whether it comes from your family, friends, pets, neighbors or community. Valentine's Day may be less about couples, and more about throuples, monogamish, or consensual non-monogamists this year as new research suggests the notion of 'love' is changing forever Roses are seen for sale for Valentine's Day in Sydney on February 13, 2017. Love may be in the air [+] on February 14 but St. Valentine's Day is also peak time for scamming lonely hearts for About one in five people say they plan to celebrate the day by buying a gift (23%), going out on a date (21%), staying in for a romantic night (20%) or buying a card (19%). A small but feisty group (3%) say they plan to have an “anti-Valentine’s Day” party or gathering. According to the National Geographic website, the earliest Valentine’s days were celebrated as fertility holidays in the middle of February in Rome. Men would strip down naked during the festival, called Lupercalia, sacrificing a dog and a goat. Shakespeare brought romance into the renamed Valentine’s Day in later years. Even Shakespeare got in on it: in Hamlet (written around the turn of the 17th century) Ophelia sings, “Tomorrow is Saint Valentine’s day, All in the morning betime, And I a maid at your window A recent study of over 2000 participants found that people who did not receive a gift on Valentine’s Day reported more symptoms of depression than those who did get a gift (Lange et al., 2022 Valentine's Day has historically been a special day to celebrate love and romance — but the pressure to deliver fairytale perfection either through candy, flowers or an expensive dinner Fimela.com, Jakarta Valentine's Day identik dengan makan malam romantis atau cokelat mewah? Bosen dengan rutinitas? Tahun ini, yuk rayakan Valentine dengan cara yang lebih personal dan berkesan! Lewatkan restoran ramai dan coba ide kencan anti-mainstream yang seru dan romantis, dijamin bikin hubungan makin erat! Kencan Romantis yang Tak Terduga 134 likes, 0 comments - kom_jain on August 14, 2016: "Happy Independence Day This cause wishing birthdays, Valentine's, new year etc at 12 is too mainstream #kuchtoofanikartehai ". This Valentine’s Day, lovers the world over will open heart-shaped boxes to find, instead of chocolate, a blindfold and matching whip. “I love you, baby,” the card will read. The Real Housewives of Atlanta The Bachelor Sister Wives 90 Day Fiance Wife Swap The Amazing Race Australia Married at First Sight The Real Housewives of Dallas My 600-lb Life Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Valentine's Day is a celebration of the heart. But some of the clichéd approaches to commemorate it – we're looking at you, big red box of candy and decadent dinner out – are not that great The origins of Valentine’s Day are pretty obscure. While scholars generally agree that the holiday was popularized in the 1840s in the U.K. and U.S., the specific historical roots of the Once upon a time is too mainstream! Share your "Hook up" Story. And go on a dream date with your Bae, this Valentine's day The Contest is live till 12th Happy Valentine’s Day Chocolates are too mainstream, pick a bowl of #SelfLove this Valentine’s day. 陵 or 綾? #HappyValentinesDay #healthylove #mamabowls #salads #pickabowl
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