Valentine’s Day Goes High Tech

Remember Valentine’s Day as a kid? Back then it meant a shoe box with paper decorations and valentines the size of index cards with complex sentiments like “Be Mine.”

How times have changed! Valentine’s Day has been hit with the same high-tech bus that has driven through the rest of our lives. Today, some adults are turning to the Internet to communicate their affection and in ways you’d never expect.

A quick search of the web for “Valentine’s Day” turns up sites where you can:

1. Send a free electronic [nmslink:postcard, postcard] to a love interest or friend.
2. Visit “love and learn” pages for romantic advice.
3. Dedicate a URL (web page address) to a valentine.
4. E-mail a love adviser for personal help.
5. Visit a chatroom to talk with other romantics.
6. For the poetically challenged, one site offers to write love letters. All you have to do is enter your sweetheart’s name, a special date or two, and details like your favorite place. While these letters may not win any awards, they at least show that you did know it was Valentine’s Day, and made a wild stab at sharing your feelings.

The Internet offers innovative ways to express affection. But in the end, it can’t top a simple valentine [nmslink:card, card] or letter. If you really want to tell someone how you feel, write them a letter, pick up the phone or just drop by to see them. Licking the flap of an envelope is awfully low tech, but your letter will be remembered long after an e-mail gets deleted.

Better yet, plan a date she’ll never forget. You won’t forget it either!

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