When I was a child, before my first serious relationship, before years of dating various weirdos, randos and creeps, I had a very specific idea of love. Or rather, a very specific image of love. I ...
As Valentine’s Day draws near, candy hearts emblazoned with XOXO, as in “hugs and kisses,” remind us that love is in the air. But why XO? Why not AB? Or XY? It turns out that XO, which has been ...