Op-Ed

This Valentine’s day, practice full frontal giving.

If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably got some Valentine’s Day hang-ups that really grind your gears. For some, it’s finding a date in the first place. Tell me about it! For others, it’s spending too much or too little. Geez, we’re supposed to be economists now?! I even know one couple that gave each other the same gift one year! Talk about “Gift of the Magi”—or is that miffed of the Magi? For me, though, it’s predictability. Flowers? Chocolate? Please! A lady being treated by me will get no such clichéd offerings. No, she will truly be surprised when…

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