Dating Articles

It's pretty amazing to think of how much marriage, relationships, and even human interaction in general, have changed within the last 100 years. It used to be that marriage was assumed, something that everyone did - a carry-over from the days where it was mainly a business agreement. If a woman didn't get married, she was seen as defective, and labeled an "old maid" or "spinster" - as young as 35! In the 1960s, feminism abruptly brought forth many social changes, and the idea of "barefoot and pregnant" was no longer something a woman felt she had to live by.… more

It's only fitting that a holiday as dramatic and emotion-filled as St. Valentine's Day has just as dramatic a history.

To know the story of St. Valentine, we must first introduce you to Claudius the Second. He was the Emperor of Rome in the 3rd Century AD where Valentine lived. Claudius was in need of soldiers to fill his many military campaigns but was finding it increasingly difficult recruiting men. He felt that the men were reluctant to join because they were refusing to leave their wives and family. Claudius' answer was to ban marriage.

St. Valentine was… more