The View from a Drawbridge

Tag: roses

  • Post Valentine’s Purge

    I didn’t post this on Valentine’s Day because heaven forbid I taint someone’s heart-shaped chocolates with my sour grapes, but for cryin’ out loud, could you keep your love to yourself? Not all of us receive flowers or teddy bears on this particular day, ya know. It should be called Salt in the Wounds Day…

  • “I Love You” Too Much

    The general wisdom is that you can never tell someone you love them too many times. And I subscribed to that philosophy for years until I got a boyfriend who also bought into it–in the extreme. Dude must have told me he loved me 95 times a day, to the point it became irritating. Obnoxious.…

  • The Grand Gesture

    Okay all you men out there, Valentine’s Day is 10 days away so there’s still time. You can make this day the most memorable ever for your significant other, and you don’t necessarily have to spend a dime. Sure, diamonds are great, and roses are lovely, and chocolate is wonderful (although, personally, I spend the…