~~ MEN ~~ I have to say (sadly) it’s been a long time since I’ve truly celebrated Valentine’s Day. For the last few years, the holiday has always fallen on the first day of or during my children’s school break. We’re usually leaving on vacation or headed somewhere for the week, so my husband stopped sending flowers. Now … this is sad for more reason than not receiving flowers. I had to train him to send the flowers in the first place and now the habit has been broken. What? Did I really say I had to TRAIN my man to send me a Valentine’s gift? Yes! Ladies, not all men are born or raised knowing what to do on Valentine’s Day. Not all men are like the picture perfect specimens we write and read about in our books. What!? Blasphemy, I know. But true. Come on, admit it. Our men (if we have one in our lives) aren’t always perfect. Isn’t that partially what the appeal of Romance Novels are all about? The good news (for some of us) is that many men can be taught to behave in certain ways. I know it always shocked me that even…