00:00 Valentine's Day for me is, um,
00:03 it's somebody just remembering, you know,
00:05 about when you meet somebody and you keep that going,
00:09 the sparkle going, right?
00:10 I usually get a card and I receive a card, right?
00:14 And, um, it's nice.
00:16 It's nice, um, to think that...
00:19 ..that there's that kind of thing in the world.
00:22 You know, that's what I think, anyway, myself.
00:27 OK, my husband and I are rather romantic.
00:29 We do enjoy Valentine's Day.
00:31 We always bite through a card,
00:32 even though we know it's from each other.
00:34 We always go for lunch or dinner.
00:35 And usually I send my children a chocolate hearse
00:38 or something like that, just to acknowledge the fact that we love them.
00:41 Yeah, why not? Romance is great. Enjoy it.
00:43 Valentine's Day's a bit like Christmas, eh?
00:47 You know, it's a lovely time when people used to send
00:50 a bit of an anonymous card in the name of St Valentine, you know.
00:54 I don't know if you could still say St Valentine,
00:56 so you might offend some people.
00:58 Don't be offended.
00:59 But, no, it's a corruption.
01:01 It's a nice idea, but personally, if you love somebody,
01:05 you love them on every single day there is, man.
01:07 So you just need a specific day
01:10 to show your feelings towards somebody, you know?
01:13 I think you should just do it all the time.
01:15 And if you get a bit of a Valentine's card, it's a bonus, but...
01:18 ..you know, just show the love.
01:20 HE CHUCKLES
01:23 OK, um...
01:25 Valentine's Day, man.
01:28 I'm single and...
01:31 I know some...
01:34 It's kind of...
01:35 Often people say it's just another day, but it's...
01:37 But for...
01:39 I suppose it'd be great to be...
01:42 I don't know. I don't know.
01:44 I think it's a day of mourning for me.
01:46 HE LAUGHS
01:47 No, no, but it's a day of, like, friends and, like...
01:51 Well, it's just another day, cos I don't have a relationship.
01:55 And I suppose I have sent cards to people who I have a crush on.
02:01 But, um, yeah, not in the past.
02:05 But cos I'm single, I don't know.
02:07 Um...
02:09 Well, whether or not you're lucky in love,
02:13 don't let it get you down too badly,
02:15 as it's still a great day to show care and appreciation
02:18 to the people around you.
02:19 If you are in the mood for romance, though,
02:21 there are a load of speed-dating events coming up
02:24 around this romantic time of year,
02:26 including at the Cocktail Club on the 27th
02:29 and the Box at Brindley Place on the 21st.
02:32 And what a better part of the city for romance
02:34 than beautiful Brindley Place.
02:36 There's also a romantic walking tour offered by Opatrip
02:40 here in the city called Love Stories of Birmingham
02:43 that offers insight into some of the most romantic stories
02:46 Birmingham has to offer.
02:48 And with this huge range of restaurants available in Birmingham,
02:51 if you do find romance, you'll never be too short of options
02:55 for treating that significant other
02:57 to an idyllic and intimate evening.
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