Hi Ryan. Happy Valentine's Day. Nope. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, thank you. I am allergic to Valentine's Day.

Allergic? To Valentine's Day? Yep. I believe it was a holiday created to sell greeting cards and candy. And to be clear, I love both of those things. But I don't like the pressure of having to confess your love to your crush.

And I certainly don't love waiting for crushes to confess their love to me since they apparently don't exist.

Wow. That's a lot to unpack, Rye. Valentine's Day doesn't just have to be about confessing your love to a crush.

There's a ton of other things to celebrate.

Fair enough, Pam. I am an intrigued and curious Ryan Willard.

And I'm Pamela Kirkland. It's Thursday, February 15th.

This is the 10 News.

10. 9. 8 never have a Valentine.

The holiday doesn't have to be about having a Valentine.

If you go back in history, it isn't even clear how it started.

The holiday is said to be named after a Saint Valentine,

and there are a few legends out there about his support of young love.

One story is that the Emperor Claudius II in Rome's third century didn't want young men to marry before they went off to war.

He thought that they would make better soldiers if they were single.

St. Valentine went behind the emperor's back and married young couples,

and this tale brings us to today's Valentine's Day cards and heart-shaped candy.

Wow, that was a long time ago.

So can I ignore it?

Well, you can.

But now people use the day and the day before February 13th to share their love with friends, family, and even their pets.

I actually celebrate Galentine's Day, where I get to lunch with my girlfriend and we talk about what we love and admire in each other.

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