"Love" by Numbers

We often forget about our friends headquartered over on Mass Ave. The Christian Science Monitor brings the love for Valentine’s Day today throwing some statistics. Let them count the ways. The stats are all pretty tame, but we do find it hard to believe that only 16% of yearly candy sales come from Valentine’s day. We’ve already eaten a bag of NECCO “conversation hearts” and several handfuls of red, pink, and white M&M’s, the Sampler is still sealed – at least until after lunch. But prices go up, expectations are expressed, and it seemingly is a thankless holiday. Bostonist goes for the homemade card for those we truly love, but apparently the average cost to men is $136, almost double the $69 spent by women. We have to think that it’s those showmen that purchase the tennis bracelet for Valentine’s Day averaged with the red-foil wrapped snickers we bought for $0.59.

One fact Bostonist can verify “[the] price of a single rose Tuesday: $4.99, compared with a $1.99 last week.” Indeed, $4.99 per rose at Whole Foods when we went out for eggs yesterday. The $1.99 as regular price we can’t say they’re not usually selling singles at our Whole Foods. The prize of a dozen roses rose notably too. Bostonist hasn’t made it over by the BUMC today, but we know that intersection of Albany, Melnea Cass Blvd., and I-93 connector is a sure fire score for some flowers – if you’ve been by have the hucksters added the V-Day tax to their goods? Remember for those last minute gifts nothing says “I love you” like a teddy bear holding a heart.

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