Hey you attached ladies. Right now, as you wrap up for the day at work and/or put the kids down for a nap and/or return from picking them up from school, your DH/SO/BF is likely out there at the mall/candy store/drugstore/florist picking up approximately $168.74 worth of clothing, jewelry, and other gifts for you for Valentine's Day. That's what the National Retail Federation has found at least. Overall, everyone's expected to shell out $17.6 billion for the Hallmark holiday. Seeing a number like that's probably enough to make you want to stop in your tracks, pick up your cell, and text your man, "NNNNNNOOOOOOO!!! STOOOOP!" ... right? Or maybe not. Maybe you spend the same or more on him?

Doubtful. The NRF also found that $168.74 is nearly double the amount women will spend on their guys. Excuse moi? Is it just me or is that stat totally disheartening? Yeah, I'm all about ladies being treated like royalty by their men, but since when did this holiday become another "her day"? 

Listen up, guys. President Obama delivered a very important public service announcement that you all need to hear. Doesn't matter if you're a liberal, conservative, or libertarian, this message applies to everyone: Don't forget Valentine's Day, and GO BIG.

This was Obama's message today at an event in Washington. And he is so right. Right as in correct, not politically. This is totally not a political post. This is a message of LOVE!

Angelina Jolie & Billy Bob Thorton Once you've dated Angelina Jolie, the only place to go is downhill. It's like eating filet mignon with balsamic pan sauce and truffle oil every day for a year, then suddenly being forced to adhere to a strict diet of Amy's Organic frozen black bean burritos. So, it makes sense that after all these years, Billy Bob Thorton still isn't over his ex.

Despite the fact that Angelina hasn't mentioned Thorton in God knows how long -- and the fact that she and her 74 children have clearly moved on -- 56-year-old Billy Bob keeps on talking about her. Oh, and he's making a movie about their love, so there's that.

Not sure if you've heard, but it's Valentine's Day, and yay, aren't we all so excited about it. Woo. I suppose there are some people out there who love the holiday, who cherish the red and pink color scheme, and who will feed their lovah oysters and strawberries tonight on hearth's edge. And I'm sure they're the same kind of people who would wear these Touchable t-shirts.

They're called the coupling shirts, and they're like sweatshirts with slits in places where couples usually touch one another. So if you like grabbing the inside of your man's arm when you walk, there's a slit in his sweatshirt there where you can slide in your hand. Yaaaay.

Valentine's Day is a day for love, but it's also a day to reflect on love. Are you in love? If so, are you getting the love you want or is there still something missing? If not, could a psychic healer help you?

For those of us who are married, it can sometimes feel that even though the love is right in front of us, it isn't exactly the way we want it to be. He can be too distant or there can be too little sex. We can feel misunderstood or not listened to when, really, the answers for how to have good love are actually right in front of us.

Psychic to the stars Jusstine Kenzer has a lot to say about love. With Valentine's Day in mind, Kenzer gave The Stir her six pieces of advice for getting the love we want on Valentine's Day (and every day). Here they are:

A show of hands: who has a couple hundred, maybe even a couple thousand dollars to burn, sometimes literally? As if there just aren’t enough ways to blow money on the grand ol’ affair that is the American wedding, trash the dress photo shoots are becoming more popular, which in turn makes me more intrigued.

The average walk down the aisle, with all the bells and whistles, already costs about $26,501. (Ouch.) Some brides wear their actual dress, which means anywhere from $200 on up to $2,000 is down the tubes. (And, judging from what I see on Say Yes to the Dress, even more than that.) Others buy another gown specifically to be trashed, which is an added expense — especially if you don’t scoop that bad boy up from the local thrift store.

It may not make the most sense to destroy a dress in the name of individualistic photography for your nuptials, but some of them sure do come out looking hot. Like this:

Valentine's Day is encroaching and there's nothing we can do to stop it. Every year it pops up here in the middle of February, and every year we either clamour for dinner reservations with our lover boys or drink to our single heart's content alone on the couch. I mean, that's what everyone says you do, but really, why would I sit on the couch when lying in bed with my Merlot is so much more comfy and cozy. Please.

Anyway, if you happen to find yourself single this Valentine's Day, don't hide in bed. Don't sit on the couch. And for god's sake, don't tweet about how "lonely" you are. Instead, TREAT YO SELF. Make it the one day this year that you treat yo self to some cupcakes, to mimosas, or to some fine. leather. goods. Parks and Rec was definitely on to something. So! In that vein, here are 5 ideas to get you thinking about how you'll want to pamper yourself this Valentine's/Singles Awareness Day.

For the broken-hearted, Valentine's Day is a horror show. It's a day when you just want to call in sick, pull the covers over your head, and rock back and forth humming to yourself until it all goes away. And it will -- in 24 hours! But still, who is looking out for these poor souls? Where is their refuge on this most painful day of the year?

Well good news, members of the broken-hearted club. You could spend the day at the Museum of Broken Relationships. It's a museum loaded with mementos of love gone wrong, wrong, wrong. Here's a museum where you could go and feel your feelings, with no one there to tell you to get over it already, he's not worth it!