In "Historically Incorrect Canoodling" Stephanie Coontz explores that all the talk about modern Americans separating sex, love, and devalued marriage, Valentine's day is reminded of how romantic people are. Most of the article talks about how in the old days people didn't really care about love, passion, and marriage. Today, people celebrate Valentines day as a day to spend with their lover.

The article doesn't really include quotes from experts, but it states facts the past. One fact that stood out to me was, "...Feb. 14 St. Valentine's feast day in 498 A.D., it was not trying to celebrate romance." This Quote shows that back then people weren't even worried about romance, February 14th was just another day. Another quote that stood out to me is, "High expectations of married love can lead to huge disappointments..." This quote shows that if you have too many high expectations in your marriage, the love you and your spouse have together may go down.

Since this article is mainly about people today not being married but still celebrating the day of love. I don't think it's anything wrong with it. I think so because there are a lot of young people around my age celebrating valentines day that aren't married. They can't get married because of their age. If you could only celebrate valentines when your married it wouldn't be fair. Young people need love too.

This article reminded me of a time when i had a boyfriend but my  mom said I couldn't celebrate valentines day. It was because I was too young and didn't really understand love, even though i was just celebrating just for fun.