Bolingo Eleki Yonso: Valentine's Day before and after

So she doesn't want to give away the valentines she made because she wrote "I love you" on them. She claims she doesn't love anyone except the youngest in our family. Where do you go from there? Isn't that supposed to be your outlook more when you're 15 and not just 5?

I get a comment like that and I'm immediately confused as to what a good response is. Is it that love is an action/way of treating others? (i.e. 1 Corinthians 13) Do I argue her out of her attitude or embrace what she thinks is honesty? I don't think she really feels that way. It's true that the youngest is cute and doesn't boss her around, but yet...something's lacking with that. She seems to be equating love with the feeling of pleasure/approval of someone. I think I pulled a sympathetic "I'm sorry you feel that way." At some point this week, I hope to be able to discuss it more.

This will be our 10th Valentine's Day as a married couple. Before marriage, the day was always a stress - to not feel lonely about not having a special someone, or to not be disappointed by unmet, albeit unspoken expectations of a fiance. Now there's not that pressure. Yes, it's nice to do something together and say good words to each other, but there's not that same stress. Kind of ironic that it was more of a stress for me before I had a committed spouse than after. Nowadays, this is how we celebrate. Plus we'll head up to the school for a dinner/dance fundraiser. Good times. Frosting still to come, if we don't finish the cookies before I get it made.