With Valentine's Day upon us, all over social media we are going to see all the presents, flowers and candy all SO's are giving each other, or the single people complaining they have no Valentine. It's almost like clock work.

Sure, it's cute and it's nice to see everyone appreciating one another while in a relationship. It's important and should be done all the time, not just on one specific day, but that's for another article.

What does it mean when you're dating somebody, and you're just not super into Valentine's Day?

We appreciate one another, we love one another and we respect one another. This will be our third Valentine's Day together, and we haven't ever really celebrated on the actual day. Which made me kind-of sad the first time around, but things like school, work and schedules get in the way.

Valentine's Day is on hump day this year, and that's the middle of the week. This means that late-night dinner will be paid for the next morning with that trenta-sized macchiato you have in your hand and the bags under your eyes. Or, the few of us who have to give up a great homemade dinner because we have to wait on the people who are making reservations for extremely overpriced food for no reason other than to empty your bank account on one night out of the year. This doesn't mean we don't ever celebrate it, we just have different views on Valentine's Day.

My boyfriend and I just would rather stay in, give each other little gifts, and hang out with each other. Last year, I had class all day and he worked mid-shift, so we couldn't see each other that day at all. The next day, I showed up with my candy & homemade breakfast, and I walked into a bouquet of sunflowers and candy, with him walking out saying "I know you love sunflowers and don't really like roses, so I got you sunflowers."

You could say he pays attention, whether he always acts like it or not.

That is all I needed, and forever all I need on Valentine's Day. Just some candy, maybe some flowers and his appreciation.

But, that doesn't mean couples who go all-out for each other is wrong, or annoying. That just means they take this holiday seriously, where as Trav and I would rather go out on St. Patty's Day, and we go full force at Christmas time. It's all about preference.

Don't feel like you're a lame couple on Valentine's Day if you don't want to go out, get all these lavish presents, and only appreciate each other on one day out of the year. You're just into different things, and that's okay.