‘L&T Chairman watching couples stare all day’: Valentine's Day 2025 is here, and so are the hilarious memes

Valentine's Day is here again—the annual reminder that couples get flowers, chocolates, and overpriced dinners, while singles get... well, targetted ads for dating apps and a quiet night of questioning life choices. But hey, who needs romance when you have memes?

As lovebirds flood social media with #CoupleGoals, single people are responding the only way they know how: with top-tier, laugh-through-the-pain memes. Here's how the lonely hearts club is making the most of V-Day 2025!

The origins of Valentine's Day: From ancient tituals to modern romance

Valentine's Day has deep roots in ancient Roman traditions.

One of its earliest influences was the festival of Lupercalia, celebrated annually from February 13 to 15.

This festival was meant to promote fertility, and it involved unusual and bizarre rituals—men would sacrifice animals and use their hides, dipped in blood, to symbolically "bless" women, believing it would increase their fertility.

Another part of the festival included a matchmaking draw, where men randomly picked the names of women to be paired with as potential partners.

By the late 5th century, Pope Gelasius I put an official end to Lupercalia, replacing it with a day to honor Saint Valentine, a Christian martyr.

According to legend, Valentine was a priest who secretly performed marriages for young couples after Emperor Claudius II banned soldiers from marrying, believing single men made better warriors.

When Valentine was discovered, he was imprisoned and later executed on February 14 in 269 AD.

It is said that before his death, he wrote a heartfelt note to a young girl, signing it "From Your Valentine," a phrase still widely used today.

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