So Valentine’s Day is coming up and everyone is in love with hearts popping out of their eyes and lovebirds flying around them, right? No, not right. Believe it or not, there are some people who don’t like to part take in it. How many times do I have to hear about you and your special someone’s amazing plans for that day? I don’t care, because newsflash, I’m not a part of it! I can go ahead and say that yes, I, and a good portion of the single population, hate Valentine’s Day. It makes sense since we don’t have a reason to celebrate it anyway, but what if you’re a true anti-Valentine’s Day believer? We don’t hate Valentine’s Day because we’re single, because if that were the case, then we’d just post attention seeking statuses asking for a girlfriend or boyfriend. We hate it because it’s just a day where everyone is so…weird.

People act a little ridiculous on V-day. There are pink, red, and white flowers, hearts, chocolates, and cards everywhere. There are flowers being handed out left and right and the over-obnoxious couples block your way to class in the hallway by taking an extra special three minutes to swallow each other’s heads whole. People ask you repeatedly, “So, what are you doing for Valentine’s Day?” and you reply with “Netflix and a pillow.” How are you not supposed to feel a little bitter?

Sorry this isn’t Cosmo magazine and I’m not going to tell you throw a “super rad single night out” with the girls (or boys). The best things to do if you’re bitter and single are:
1) Pick petals off of roses

2) Make a dartboard of all the people who have made your life well rather unpleasant.

3) Netflix

4) Bake some cookies

5) Cuddle that pillow

While you’re doing whatever it is you’re doing to pass your time away you can reflect on how funny it is when people act like someone else just because of a date on a calendar.

Why should it take a certain day for you to make your guy or girl feel special? I’m not saying that you should give her hearts and roses everyday, but is that seriously what it’s going to take to show her you care? Two dollar chocolates and rose for a dollar, because, yes, you’re worth that much. Now the sentiment is nice, come on, it’s all the same! Everyone buys the same cheap stuff. I’m not saying it has to be expensive, actually, the opposite, nothing comes from the heart anymore. Most people really wouldn’t take the incentive to bring you flowers or chocolates or write a love note any other day of the week, but if they do, then, congrats, you have a keeper.

Bottom line is, if you actually have a life on Valentine’s Day, and then have fun. If you don’t have a special someone, then I’m pretty sure ShopRite is open and they have a lot of ice cream.