THE INTERNET — A holiday of emotional extremes, Valentine's Day can be unforgettable for all the right reasons—and all the wrong ones, too.

Recently, we asked our 6,200-plus Facebook followers to share their most outrageous, unusual, or otherwise memorable tales of the calendar's most romantic day. If you think the people's perspectives on romance are slanted, you are right. It was mostly women who responded to our request for memories.

Cathy May of Cedar Bluff recalled her late husband's good intentions, which turned into a hilarious moment.

“Tim and I were dating,” she said. “He was in college at Auburn, and I was at Jacksonville State. He mailed me a Valentine's card and didn't put enough postage. I had to go to the post office and pay the rest of the postage. It was so funny.”

Michelle Edgeworth, who lives in Centre, posted a comment. It's hard not to notice her festive Facebook profile picture—a heart-shaped balloon. Michelle cherishes the holiday for a reason besides the obvious.

“I was born on this day,” she explained. “That's pretty memorable.”

Not all Valentine's Day memories are filled with humor, balloons and roses, however, as evidenced by the comment from Cedar Bluff's Phyllis Lambert.

“I signed divorce papers eleven years ago on Valentine's Day,” she said.

Some travel for the occasion. Perry Loggins of Rome, Ga. did once.

“I spent one Valentine's at Tavern on the Green in New York City,” he said. “It was a magical moment.”

One of the more venerable of Valentine's traditions is that of marriage. Sure enough, matrimonial memories peppered our Facebook responses. Carol Courson heard wedding bells on Feb. 14 back in 2000.

“It was my wedding day,” she said proudly. “This will be twelve great years together.”

Atlanta's Toni Stoughton shared a similar story.

“My most memorable Valentine's Day was in 1992—the day my wonderful husband, Warren, placed a wedding ring on my finger!”

Cedar Bluff residents Charlotte and Billy Ray Bedwell were not married on Valentine's Day, but the sentiment of the holiday still rings true with them.

“When Billy Ray and I had been married about thirty-five years, he bought me a pretty green Ford Escort for Valentine's Day,” Charlotte said. “I was really surprised. That is the best Valentine's Day gift. This year we will celebrate our fifty-second wedding anniversary. I would say he is a keeper.”

Valentine's Day and the yearning for love sometimes leads to hasty decisions. That is what happened to Centre resident Amy Bennett.

“I decided I would try to make Valentine's Day a special day, so I got dressed up and went to class at Jacksonville State,” she said. “The entire day was miserable, and that afternoon I made the rash decision to follow my crush home.”

Somehow, Bennett lost him in Piedmont. So she turned down a side street and approached what she thought was a four-way stop.

“It wasn't. It was a two-way stop, and I got creamed by another car,” she said. “My car was totaled. I was stuck in Piedmont, and I had to call my dad to come get me. I also had to try to explain what I was doing in Piedmont in the first place.”

Despite that day's failure, Bennett's story of Valentine's Day woe ultimately ended happily.

“My crush and I have now been married for seven years,” she said.