{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fthe-financial-griot.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-price-of-love-MQcRtFMr","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Love does cost a thing. Americans spent $24 Billion for Valentines Day","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/f1153873-62ec-4510-9061-59955f708555/7b39af64-c2fd-44dd-9480-562bffef5273/241430874-351300910058126-6266172948281418481-n.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Turns out Love costs over $24 Billion (with a B) annually. Valentines date range anywhere from $80 to over $300 if you include new outfits, hair and makeup, transportation, gas and those pesky hallmark cards. \n\nOver 145 million Valentine's Day cards are purchased each year, just behind Christmas cards, which are the most popular seasonal cards. On top of the Hallmark channel, the brand is banking on love. However brand new to the season is Galentines day?\n\nGalentine's Day, formed by a blend of gal and Valentine's Day, is a day in which women celebrate their female friendships. The new holiday debuted in a 2010 episode of Parks and Recreation. The term is also seeing increased use in celebrating any kind of friendship, not just those among women. \n\n\"Basically it is women,\" Lawrence mansplain again. Don't worry this conversation is robust for singles and couples alike. Alainta and Lovely will not go down without a fight for the ladies. This episode is all about the finances of love during inflation."}