Is 14 Days of Love cursed?
What’s the story behind a relationship, and what does high school love mean in 2022; that’s the focus of Wingspan’s special feature: 14 Days of Love: Redhawk Romance. Over the years, some students believe that 14 Days of Love has become a curse for relationships, causing couples to break up.
February 23, 2022
From Feb. 1-14 every year, WTV and Wingspan produce 14 Days of Love, a segment that features a campus couple talking about their relationship.
“High school is about so much more than work and athletics, and what you frequently remember most after is the people,” broadcast teacher Brian Higgins said. “I just thought that teenage relationships got short-shifted and I just want to highlight what a high school relationship really is and what it means to the people involved.”
Launched when Higgins took over the broadcast program in the 2015-16 school year, “14 Days of Love” has been on for seven years and more than 89 episodes. But despite attracting thousands of views every year, some students think “14 Days of Love” is a curse on relationships.
“If I had a dime for every time a couple broke up for going on that show I’d be rich,” junior Gabby Fernandez said. “A lot of my friends have gone on or thought of going on that show and it ends the same every time. They break up or avoid going on the show to avoid breaking up.”
If I had a dime for every time a couple broke up for going on that show I’d be rich,
— junior Gabby Fernandez
However, segment producer, senior Alicia Hernandez disagrees.
“The show I think is just very wholesome to see couples come in to talk about each other,” Hernandez said. “The curse, or the stigma around it, is kind of a joke and the people that do break up, are the ones responsible for [breaking up].”
Social studies teacher Emily Griffin has been a guest on the segment multiple times and for her, the curse is as real as Cupid’s arrow.
“I did it twice; I did it when my now husband and I were dating, and then again when we were engaged,” Griffin said. “I think that the rumor is more of a superstition, because you have to put it into perspective that these are kids in high school. I think when you’re a teenager your relationships don’t last as long so I do think it’s just a joke, cause most of the adults that have gone on 14 Days of Love and they’re fine.”
