Excellent piece. You gave a little history, you shared your personal story of love and marriage, and you gave your reader guideposts. Done with a deft hand and I agreed with it all... except that my husband made a pact with me when we were engaged that he wouldn't do valentines day but pick a different practice to show his love. He didn't like the Hallmark / commercial side. So instead, he bought me flowers every week but 2/14 and then when we started our family, I got practical and told him we should save our money.