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Ex Fabula: Love - You Win Some. You Lose Some.

Love. Right now, there are countless people celebrating it, cursing it or searching for it. And who can blame them? Love is a many splendor thing. So this week, we’ve asked some of our volunteers what their favorite Ex Fabula Love Stories are and now we’re sharing them with you.

Our first story comes from February 2011 and our Valentine StorySlam. Kevin Barry took to the stage to declare, “Last night was the first date I’ve ever had on Valentine’s Day.” Kevin then took the audience on a hilarious ride through his history of Valentine’s Date near misses. Like many who have never had a “Valentine,” Kevin sought after it like the Holy Grail. Was the date a success?

We had to go way back to the “Beginning” for the second love story from our very first Ex Fabula StorySlam in November of 2009. Beth Lewinski met her fiancé on an elevator while attending a conference.  Coincidentally, Beth’s favorite quote has to do with elevators and beginnings and endings. What do these things have in common? Tune in to find out: