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Laura Kalamets looked out a restaurant window during a Valentine's Day lunch with her boyfriend and saw a public bus with an ad on its side that read: "Laura, Will You Marry Me?"

On Valentine's Day, the sight of couples holding hands and exchanging kisses might unleash a wave of jealousy in those who are single.  But relationships — especially strained ones — can be bad for your health.

For people recently flattened by a still-painful breakup, Valentine’s Day can be intolerable.

For most of us, paper Valentine's  Day cards are what we like to get from our romantic loved ones. But once the circle widens to include friends and family, the sentiment expressed in an e-card is just as good — sometimes even better.

Those who might be inclined to regard this month’s selection of his and her gifts for Valentine’s Day (see "Love Matches," page 88) as yet another example of our society’s coarse commercialization would do well to remember that the romantic sentiments we idealize on this particular holiday have long been ...