O, beware, my lord, of jealousy.
It is the green-eyed monster which
doth mock
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The meat it feeds on.
--Othello, III.iii.169-171
Every year on this page someone writes cursing Valentine's Day and everything it represents. Why? Because the author is invariably lonely, miserable and jealous.
Of these three, jealousy is definitely the dominant motivation behind the yearly diatribes.
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