Valentines Day Article : Valentines Day – A Guide
for Lovers
“Will you be my valentine?” – that is
the question men and women have asked each other for ages.
But when and how did it all start? With all the excitement
visiting the stores, looking for just the right gift for your
partner, did you ever ask yourself what you were doing? Who
first did this and why?
Jeez, who cares about boring old history? You broke with
it when you got out of school. Isn't it much more fun just
to go shop hunting?
Except it isn't all that boring at all, rather kind of interesting.
Here, check this out.
As you may know, people aren't normally declared saints unless
they were crucified, burnt at the stake, drawn apart by wild
horses, or killed in some other horrible way. The problem
with St.Valentine is, there were quite a few early Christians
by that name who came to a bad end. No one knows which of
them is the actual patron saint of this day for lovers. Many
of them have perfectly valid claims to the title, too.
There was this bishop in ancient Rome called Valentinius
who used to teach his flock that along with reading the Bible
and being generally pious, one ought to enjoy good love and
sex to appreciate the true spirit of Christianity! A true
candidate for the patron saint's position, wouldn't you say?
But that isn't the only one. Another poor fellow, also called
Valentine, was in prison, and going to be killed in a month's
time. His crime was that he was a Christian. I'm sure you
know that was a crime in ancient Rome.
Now if you ever find yourself in such a position, what are
you likely to do? Weep your heart out trying to prove your
innocence? Ask the guards to take you to their leader so that
you can try and bribe him? Go on a hunger strike? Cry for
mummy? Well, that's why you aren't a saint, and Valentine
was.
Here's what he did. Instead of wasting time trying to avoid
a certain and painful death, he kept writing love letters
to the jailer's beautiful young daughter. And he signed them
“From your Valentine”. Sounds familiar?
Of course, when the girl's father found out what was happening,
he didn't wait for the rest of the month and finished his
prospective son-in-law the very next day. The Christians wasted
no time in making him a saint. And rightly done too.
Then again there was this emperor called Claudius in Rome
who thought sex was bad for soldiers, and made them weak.
I think he must have lacked enough personal experience, to
have a ridiculous idea like that. Whatever. What matters is,
in order to make his army stronger he created this law that
no soldier could marry. The foolish fellow must have believed
that you needed to be married to have sex.
And have sex they did. But the problem is, some of the soldiers
also wanted to get married. And help was at hand. There was
this young Christian priest in the area who was willing to
help them. He visited their camps secretly and performed marriage
rituals, all against the wish and the law of the king. Mighty
courageous lad, eh? And he died for it horribly, when he was
caught. Now guess the name of this brave young man. That's
right, Valentine.
So this lovers' season when you go out to find that perfect
gift, think for a moment about these tragic young men called
Valentine, and love your partner all the more for their sake!
Dating and Online Dating Service Articles
Read guides about dating tips and online dating safety
UK Dating Online
Guide to Russian Dating Services
Discover why so many guys continue to go to Russia, again
and again and are still unable to find their woman.
No More Dull Dates! - Are you tired of the same
old dates? Come on. They are lame! If you really want to spice
things up and impress your sweetheart, try out these
300 Creative Dates.
Guy
Gets Girl - The FIRST And ONLY,
Step-by-Step, Pickup, Dating And Seduction Guide On The Internet
Written For Men... By A Woman!"
