A moment for love stories: In the press

Love stories seem essential to the human condition - I think that stories in general, actually, are something essential to humans.  I could probably spend a decade getting some sort of PhD and conducting research on whether stories are uniquely  human, but that doesn't really matter here. We're humans, and we tell stories to get ourselves and others up the hills and through the vallies of life.

But today is about love stories, because I'm 26 and single and this is what we single young women discuss amongst ourselves and think about, when we're not getting our professional lives together.

I've read two stories online recently about love; they are both worth reading in the face of Valendtine's Day.  I always question the veracity of stories: people remember life in shades of gold so frequently.  But the fact remains that, for these two couples, this is their narrative of love:

1. Tom Ford & Richard Buckley: I don't often hear about same-sex relationships, so this was a reminder that sexual preferences don't rewire our search for companionship and partnership. They say lots of interesting and insightful things, but I like this from Tom Ford: "Every time you think, I love you, I really believe you have to say it."  I believe.  I'll try, Mr. Ford.
2. Peter Smith's Mom & Dad: Nope, I don't know them.  But the mom makes an excellent point: "How could you not marry a man who could recite Hamlet on a road in Ohio when it was 110 degrees?"

Part two is coming up: stories of love from my mother, just before she became a (single) mother, and then before she became a wife.