Share Your Love Story With Patch This Valentine's Day

ACROSS ILLINOIS -- Where did you meet the love of your life? How did you know they were the one? When did you discover you were done with romance and wanted to give all your love to your dog? This Valentine's Day, we want to hear your love story, no matter how sappy, cheesy, ridiculous, embarrassing, unlikely, and hilarious.

Our favorite ones will make it into a special Patch article on Valentine's Day.

And yes, we will happily accept bittersweet stories of lost love, love against all odds, disastrous Valentine's dates or gifts, and love that isn't of a romantic nature.

How To Share Your Love Story

1. Email your love story, 350 words or fewer, to lisa.farver@patch.com by 1 p.m. on 2/14.

2. Include any pictures, with credit, you'd like to share

3. Keep an eye out for Patch emails on Valentine's Day to see if we featured your story.

Bonus points awarded for:

1. Making us cry so hard we need to blow-dry our keyboards

2. Making us laugh so hard we snort just a little

3. Making us redefine our notions of love

We're looking forward to reading your celebrations of love. We'll keep our box of tissues at the ready.

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