5+1 interesting facts about love and Valentine’s Day

Today love is in the air! Regardless of anyone’s relationship status, this is another good opportunity to and learn something new about the concept of love itself and Valentine’s Day! For this reason we’ve collected 5+1 interesting facts about these (actually more).

1. What is love?

Philosophers have been trying to answer this question since the birth of human cultures. In the Hungarian language we can talk about two kinds of love: szerelem (romantic love) and szeretet (the warm feeling you have towards your friends and family). However, ancient Greeks distinguished no less than 7 types of it:

Eros	A passionate but not too deep connection based on strong physical attraction
Philia	The kind of love you have for your friends and family
Storge	The kind of unconditional love parents have towards their children
Agape	Selfless, universal love for humankind, nature, and God from a spiritual point of view.
Ludus	The flirty, playful feelings we experience at the beginning of a relationship
Pragma	Long-lasting love that develops with time if both parties are in harmony with each other and working on it (the typical way of how long-term relationships work)
Philautia	Love for yourself – you can develop a healthy self-esteem or an unhealthy personality if you have too much or too little of it.

2. You can literally suffer from a broken heart

There are many ways in which being in love may affect your physical health as well. Scientists sometimes compare this condition to addictions, as similar hormonal and chemical changes happen in your body in both cases. This explains why breakups are often so hard to get over.

However, some people literally end up in hospital after an event like this and get diagnosed with broken heart syndrome. This disease is “a temporary heart condition that's often brought on by stressful situations and extreme emotions”.

It has also been observed that people who live in a happy relationship recover faster from their injuries compared to those who are going through a hard time with their significant other. Polygamous men are slightly more likely to get a heart attack than monogamous ones, as it is an even bigger and more stressful responsibility to take care of several wives and children at the same time.

3. Valentine’s Day

While most people agree that in a good relationship you should love your partner every day, some of them consider Valentine’s Day a special occasion and get overzealous about it. For example in 2014 Joseph Andrew Dekenipp, an inmate serving his sentence in Arizona, USA, chose this day for his escape so he could spend the evening having dinner with his girlfriend.

On the other hand, besides singles the owners of adult websites don’t have a reason to celebrate either, as today is one of those days in the year when they experience the lowest traffic.

4. Love strikes twice

In Brazil Valentine’s Day (aka Dia dos Namorados) is celebrated on 12^th June. Therefore if you are not Brazilian but have a crush on one, keep in mind that there will be two dates that you should try not to forget. (Or you can choose to stay single and go on a short vacation to Brazil every February).

Such differences in the timing of holidays may occur in other situations too if you date someone from another country. For example, if you are a Catholic and your partner is an orthodox, you may end up celebrating Christmas and Easter twice a year.

5. It will work out...

You still don’t have a date for this Valentine’s Day? It’s not too late, as it’s Monday, and you are going to work, right?...

According to different statistics about 25% of today’s couples met through work. This is the most frequent way of starting a relationship. The second one is through friends, while dating apps and other similar platforms have a lower ranking. This is partly due to the fact that while in the first two environments we usually try to be ourselves and behave naturally, when we sign up for a dating app, we already have various expectations and approach the whole process differently.

+1 The 5 love languages

While Valentine’s Day promotes showing your commitment towards your significant other by buying them gifts, this is definitely not the only way you can do that. Gary Chapman created 5 categories based on people’s most important needs in a relationship, which we call the 5 love languages. While for some of them it is essential to give and receive gifts often regardless of their financial value, others find one or two of these more important:

Words of affirmation	Praising your partner often, saying positive words to them and about what they do
Physical touch	Hugs, kisses, physical closeness
Acts of service	Doing favours and helping your partner mostly with different tasks
Quality time	Spending time with your partner and paying attention to them without any disturbing factors (such as the television or mobile phone) involved.

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