We’ve only just passed Valentine’s Day, a holiday that I think it’s safe to say that nobody is completely neutral about. Whether the emotion you associate with Valentine’s Day is strongly positive or strongly negative, you’re bound to be pretty far on one end of the spectrum. To contribute to your embracing of the Day Of Love (or just to get you through it), below are five of my favorite tear-jerker Thought Catalog essays. They range from sticky-sweet professions of love to sentimental musings of relationships that have ended. This Valentine’s Week, indulge the mushy side of yourself that you’ve been pretending doesn’t exist, and click below.
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