Valentine’s Day? Spare Me, Please.
A hopeless romantic doesn’t see the point
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5 min readFeb 9, 2024
London, Valentine’s Day 2014. Paul and I are in a Michelin-starred restaurant and the maitre d’ is handing out roses.
“One of us will have to take one,” I say.
“You take it,” Paul replies. “I don’t want a rose.”