When St. Valentine's Day is associated with some of the horror stories told by students at UCLA, dread towards the holiday is understandable. As a junior in high school, Steel and some friends planned to help a girl win the heart of her long-term crush. We stayed awake all night helping her write the letter to him. She baked a cake and put together a flower arrangement. The next day, we went to school early to set it all up in the back of his truck.
Broken hearts are easy to come by on a day with such high expectations.
My friend found out right before Valentine's Day that her ex-boyfriend, who she was still totally hung up on, asked out one of her closest friends. I felt so sorry for her. Sometimes such disappointments date as far back as junior high school. I remember my girlfriend in eighth grade broke up with me right before Valentine's Day. At the Valentine's Day dance that afternoon, Leung was confronted with the problem of too many girls.