Chocolate hearts, candy hearts, broken hearts, beating hearts; young love, old love, new love, true love; roses, violets, extremely-attractive pilots – these are the things we think of on Valentine’s Day.
Or are they?
Wanting to uncover the truth about the matter, inquiring Sentinel staff made a late-night excursion to the Pioneer Bar Thursday and asked an assortment of patrons their views on Valentine’s Day.
Gus Bruhl
“If you need a special calendar holiday to love your significant other, then you need to straighten up your priorities. Be with someone for the right reasons, not just because it’s a holiday.”
Adam Larsen
“Even if you’re fighting, if you love the person, make sure you still say ‘I love you’ after the fight.”
Jo Wulffenstein, Yasmine Habash, Tara Tonding, Ralph Villa
“We’re happy to be friends, together, on Valentines Day.
Tara Tonding
“My grandpa, he was married for 67 years, and he said, ‘some years she hated me, some years I hated her, some years we hated each other, but we always made it through.’ They were best friends and they held hands until she passed away.”
Yasmine
(Gesturing to Tara and Ralph) “These two, they’re in love!”
Jeannette Hansen
“I think it’s a good day to show someone you love them, whether they’re your partner, your friend, your grandma – whatever! But I’m not single right now, so if I were, I might have a different answer.”
