I'm glad that I've been happily married for long enough that I can no longer remember any bad valentine's dates.

I was single and happy in high school. A guy started singing the song "l is for the way I look at you...." in the dining hall at school. So embarrassing!

I sent my wife balloons for Valentines to her office and she got in trouble for receiving them because the delivery service wanted to make sure that she got the balloons. I still love her to this day but not her office manager.

It was a Saturday night, one of those nights with a big yellow moon stamped high in the sky. The stars dotted the black sky, promising infinite possibilities. My leg bouncing up and down in anticipation. Suddenly, a cold chill came over me, and I knew then that it was over. As he exited the animal shelter, a stupid grin on his face, he gestured to the small puppy in his hands, a red bow attached to the collar. I shook the tears away and put the car in reverse. I never saw him again. He knew I was a cat person.

During college days, I came back home to visit a girl that I was seeing in my hometown. She said, "no one else will be home, bring a bottle of wine and come inside for your valentine's day surprise". I parked my car on the street and glanced in the rear view mirror. Hair looks good...check, nothing in my teeth..check, the label on the cheap bottle of wine looked classy enough....check. Unscrewed the lid for a sip of courage...check Walked up the driveway, through the garage, and through the door that lead to the kitchen. I entered to find an strange family sitting down at the dinner table gazing like deer in headlights. No one said a word as I turned tail and ran out of the garage. Apparently, I had inadvertently walked up the neighbors driveway. Needless to say, I did not get my valentine's day surprise.

My wife told me she was pregnant.

We were all sitting down at the table for dinner when a drunk college kid walked in through our garage door. He looked at us like a deer in the headlights. I do remember he had on a red Members Only jacket, a whole bunch of cologne and a bottle of half full red wine. What a strange valentines dinner...