Approximately fifty percent of the United States population is single. So, Valentine’s Days has been deemed Singles Awareness Day (SAD), by half of the people in America. However, do you remember the glory days in elementary school, when you couldn’t even hand the opposite gender the Valentine’s cards your mom picked out with *insert favorite childhood cartoon here* on them because you didn’t want “cooties?” We just wanted to party, and eat pink frosting. We didn’t have relationships, but we still celebrated the laughable holiday.
What changes over a decade? Well “cooties” turn into STDs and pink frosting turns into vodka, but half of us still don’t have relationships. So if you know you will be single on Valentine's, or if you end up alone on Valentine’s day, here’s some ways you can treat yourself:
- Take yourself to a movie. It might sound heartbreaking, but Rachel from FRIENDS did it, so you can too! Movie tickets are not sold in pairs, you are independent. Just don’t post desperate snap-stories about how your king sized *insert favorite candy here* is “bae.” Or put googley eyes on all your snacks.
- Hit up Dairy Queen. DQ has so graciously created a blizzard specifically for singles, complete with caramel and peanut butter. Now, this may seem low, but remember it is better to eat a milkshake the size of your head than to do pretty much anything else.
- Make someone's day. If you moved away from home, and your dog can’t be your valentine this year, pick someone random. Decide who your Valentine is going to be and just get them that enormous, ambiguous card and six boxes of chocolate. What’s it going to hurt?
If you’re still sad about Valentine’s Day, just remember that February 15th is half-priced candy day. Also, the wine is probably on sale too.
