| This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a liberated society of Bloomberg Opinion's opinions. Sign up here. Here at Bloomberg Opinion, we pride ourselves on providing commentary to help you improve all aspects of your life — including your romantic life. So today, we're trading the stock market for the stalk market (get it? It covers both florals and serial daters) in honor of Valentine's Day. To make things fun, and to give you a brief respite from the onslaught of news, I've made three custom cards that you can send to your friends, lovers and/or enemies. Text 'em, print 'em, remix 'em, forward 'em, fax 'em, I don't care! As long as that special someone gets the message. And before you ask, NO, I did not use ChatGPT to write any of these poems. Just me, myself, and a little help from Canva. As many know, venturing out to dinner on Feb. 14th is a veritable nightmare. [1] Most places are prix fixe and want to get you in and out the door in under 90 minutes. The waitstaff is running around with shrimp cocktails and lava cakes. And Howard Chua-Eoan says the clientele is often on edge, asking themselves questions such as whether this is the right restaurant for the date and whether they are spending too much money — or too little — on this relationship. All that uncertainty translates to dollar signs for the dining industry. In his delightfully delicious column, Howard says: "Restaurants love the holiday. In one US analysis, daily revenue rose more than 500%. The occasion makes upselling — where your server subtly (or otherwise) pushes items on you to maximize the restaurant's take — a lot easier." For the perennially single gal in your life… | Between getting ghosted and getting the ick, small wonder why "Americans aren't getting married as much as they used to," writes Allison Schrager. "In some ways that reflects a more liberated society in which people can live the lives they want, with no judgment. But the rise in singleness — as distinct from unmarried but living together — is creating what economists call a negative externality." She goes onto explain how marriage has a history of being a mandatory social construct for women: "The world was risky; there was little or no safety net, and people were more likely to die young." Now, women make up more than half of America's college-educated workforce. They don't need a husband to provide them with food or shelter! Still, Mary Ellen Klas says some backwards-thinking bozos in the Sunshine State want to change that. Self-described "trad dad" Scott Yenor, nominated to chair the board of trustees at the state-run University of West Florida, wants to "socially engineer society back to a time when women stayed home and had more children." That's just the kind of mansplain-y rhetoric that makes childless cat ladies want to stay single forever! For the spouse who secretly sold the family crypto stash … | If you've ever watched Bravo's Real Housewives of New York, perhaps these two floating heads look familiar. On this past season, viewers learned that Abe Lichy, husband of Erin Lichy, sold a bunch of crypto to pay off some debts — debts that his wife didn't know about — behind her back. Although not every financial betrayal is worthy of reality TV billing, it's not uncommon with couples, as this poll from 2021 shows. "It can start with a seemingly small act, such as downplaying the cost of a recent purchase to avoid a fight. But when a partner becomes comfortable with fibbing about the little things, it can lead to lies about other behaviors — think hiding assets or racking up debt unbeknownst to your partner or even creating debt in their name without their consent," Erin Lowry writes. "The focus on reducing the risk of financial infidelity is less about how a couple handles their money and more about how they communicate." Bonus V-Day Reading: Japanese women traditionally gave chocolate to their male co-workers for Valentine's Day. But shifting workplace norms mean they now often keep it for themselves. — Gearoid Reidy | 
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