Valentine's Day may be a lot of things: romantic, sappy, sentimental, annoying, and expensive, but in the midst of booking dinner reservations or wolfing down I'm-single-and-hate-V-Day brownies, many of us forget that it's also a little weird. After all, love does funny things to us. Need more convincing? Check out these funky V-Day stories: 

1. Fall in love over pork sliders and hash browns by reserving a table for two at White Castle, the place made famous for late-night cravings (their words, not ours). Every Valentine's Day, the burger chain provides tableside service, flowers, and candelight at select locations. They'll even upload … Read More

The classic Valentine's Day celebration is a romantic dinner, but that can be hard to pull off. First of all, restaurants are super crowded and it's hard to get reservations; many of them have prix fixe menus that limit your dining choices and the prix might be more than you want to pay. You can make dinner at home, sure, and candles and an elaborate menu ensure that it's different from any old home-cooked meal. If the idea of dinner just isn’t doing it for you but you still want to acknowledge the holiday, try out one of these alternatives.

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Valentine's Day always sticks us somewhere in gift-giving limbo: how can we celebrate the guys we love without getting too sappy about it? Well, for starters, try some of these gifts on for size (no matter the size of your budget). Whether he's an outdoorsman or a music, meat or travel lover, we have something for every type of guy. Why Chocolate? And Other Valentine's Questions

Single on Valentine's Day? Awesome. Who cares about the multitudes of gooey couples going out to crowded restaurants with overpriced prix fixe menus. Bad chocolate, balloons and (ick) teddy bears? No thank you, we know how to really have fun. 5 Worst Valentine's Day Gifts

Oh Twitter, how we love thee. You bring us the best content and the breaking news. You make the day fly by (it often flies by so fast, that we... um... forget to actually get any work done). And you bring the funny. Will you be our Valentine?

Valentine's Day. It's coming, and fast. Feeling nervous? We understand. After all, we've seen men—time and time again—attempt some grand, sweeping, romantic gesture, only to fall back on the same-old, same-old. And we want you to know: It isn't worth it. Because, when it comes to what we want, we're pretty easy. We swear. And flowers, chocolates and jewelry are nowhere on our wish lists (though there is that one necklace we spotted on Etsy...). What we really want? 20% Of Men Don't Know The Date Of Valentine's Day

You started seeing reminders for it on January 2, and you've been trying to ignore them ever since: Valentine's Day is coming. Since you're single, you're dreading having to be on the outside looking in at all of the romantic gestures that the holiday demands.  What you don't know, though, is that singles have some advantages on V-Day.

If there's one holiday that's become a worldwide hit, it's Valentine's Day. What can we say, love is a universal theme, but not everyone chooses to celebrate it with roses and boxes of chocolate. After doing a little research, we found plenty of traditions that we wish we could import into our own Valentine's Day practices. See, love—not Hallmark—really does make the world go 'round! Valentine's Day 2.0: A New Way To Celebrate

Most women we know either relish or dread February 14th. The anticipation starts once the new year turns over and January marches bravely into February. It is here we either find ourselves single (it might actually be better!) recently coupled (eek—what's appropriate?) or in a relationship (scouring menu pages or dreading the forced romance). 

Now that the Christmas trees and Menorahs are packed away, it's obviously time to start preparing for Valentine's Day. The festive among us have already put up red heart-shaped lights, but some of us just aren't feeling the swoon. It shouldn't be this hard. Valentine's Day is a celebration of love and, well, we love love! For some reason, however, the thought of celebrating this Hallmark holiday has some of us feeling so-so, at best. How to get in the mood?