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What are your expectations on Valentine’s Day?
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Hope Bonarcher2024-01-25T14:59:00
Hope Bonarcher takes an honest look at our expectations for this much romanticised day
Am I the only one who struggles on Valentine’s Day? I haven’t always. I’m a romantic at heart and think herein lies my downfall. A child of divorce, I have no lived experience of my parents’ marriage modelled for me. I’ve done more than my fair share of romanticising, creating an idealised version of what marriage should be, inspired mostly by American sitcoms, pop and R&B music, and 80s and 90s movies.
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