Trends : LOVE STORIES: : THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY : ‘You Don’t Bring Me Flowers’

From true love to stabbed-in-the-back love, from quick love to love that just won’t die, View writers have chronicled looks at love in the ‘80s for Valentine’s Day eve. Some of the names have been changed to protect the innocent, and the guilty, but all are true . . . even if love sometimes isn’t.

A wife, who shall remain anonymous: “I’m so angry. I can’t stand it anymore. You never express yourself. I want a divorce. You don’t talk to me. I feel totally alone, like you’re not even here. I know we have three kids but I can’t take it anymore.”

Her husband, who shall also remain anonymous: “Oh.”