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Happy Valentine's Day.

Thank you, Steve. Sweetheart.

Darling.

Do you remember last year we called our spouses on Valentine's Day?

Yes. But we're not going to call our spouses this time around.

We're going to do something that's more in keeping with the letters that we receive,

kind of what comes in from the world.

And Valentine's Day is defined as this day of consecrating of love.

But that's not the nature of the letters that we receive.

In fact, the letters that we receive are most of the time, almost all the time,

much more anguished about the love interest in their life.

And as we thought about it, we thought, well, what is the one relationship that is the most forbidden and pervasive?

Almost anti-valentine stay in a way.

And that is the relationship of a crush.

Because a crush is by its definition overwhelming desire that's smashing up against total anguish and doubt.

So we're going to talk about forbidden crushes for Valentine's Day.

How anti-valentine stay is that?

I know. It's kind of a dark Valentine's Day.

And I will say shout out to listeners who are sort of shaking their heads right now and saying,

that's not what a crush is. It's not so dark. It's not so forbidden.

Right.

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