Welcome guys and gals to the man talks podcast.

I'm Connor Beaton, the host and founder of Man Talks.

On this week's midweek mini episode, we're going to dive into something interesting.

This is a little bit out of left field, and we're going to talk about everything,

everything that every man needs to know about Valentine's Day.

And in case you're wondering, this has come out of a lot of conversations

with guys who are like, what, like, why does, why is Valentine's Day even a thing? Like,

why is it that Valentine's Day is so popular? It seems like such a capitalist commercial

corporate holiday, you know, like this thing that is just a cash grab for companies

and just a means for, you know, people to get things. Like there seems to be like a lot of jaded

jaded souls out there when it comes to Valentine's Day. I also know that like a lot of people

get broken up with right around Valentine's Day or on Valentine's

day, which is really, really interesting. And fun fact, between December 2nd, I think, and February

15th is the highest time of divorce and breakups. So right around the holidays and around the

love holiday is usually a pretty charged time because

there are a lot of expectations around gift giving, around quality time, around acts of service,

around words of affirmation. By the way, those are all love languages in case they sound

familiar to you. And if you haven't checked out the book,

The Five Love Languages, I would definitely recommend that. The Five Love Languages is a great book that basically lays out how people like to give and receive love. And it's important for us

when we're in relationships to understand how our partner wants to receive love and how they

normally give love versus how we do,

because oftentimes those are two very different things.

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