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Don’t Wait Until Valentine’s Day To Romance Your Spouse 

How best to celebrate Valentine’s Day as a married couple? Be considerate, be creative, and be grateful — on Feb. 14 and all year long.

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Valentine’s Day may feel tailor-made for dating singles, but its relevance for married couples reaches far back into history. As the legend goes, Emperor Claudius II banned marriages in Rome circa 268-270 A.D., aiming to sequester single men as soldiers in his army. The priest St. Valentine, however, secretly performed marriages for young Christians, preserving the sacred character of the tradition.

Having been happily married for nearly 39 years, my husband and I have an interesting way of approaching Valentine’s Day. We incorporate the spirit of the holiday in our daily lives but completely disregard the day itself. That may sound contradictory, but after a few years, the charm of going out to dinner on the most crowded, overpriced evening of the year simply fades. 

After years of typical Valentine’s Day conventions, the concept of gift-giving begs for a new and original approach. A heavy........

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