Call me unromantic, but I'll admit it: for me, even though I am in a relationship and could celebrate Valentine's Day if I so choose, I don't see it as a special day. In fact, I usually treat it like any other day.

This isn't because I believe love is dead or because I'm against an emotion being capitalized on (even though it does strike me odd). It's not even because I spent a lot of time being ignored and forgotten as a single girl on Valentine's Days passed.

It's because I don't feel like I have to prove anything to anyone on a specific day. I don't have to prove that I'm happily in love or that I'm happy as an independent woman, be it via a plethora of social media posts or constantly updating my friends' groupchat with details of my plans. I can just be, and nothing changes about my relationship status.

For those rolling your eyes or gaping at this webpage, let me clarify another thing: that's not to say that I'm against going all out on Valentine's Day. If "steak dinner by candlelight, chocolates and a dozen roses" is your style, great! If "Galentine's sleepover rounded off with a trip to Fifty Shades Darker" is more up your alley, that's awesome!

Everyone has different relationships--with their friends, significant others, and themselves. By that principle, they have different needs and expectations in treating themselves and others and showing their feelings.

I personally believe in trying to show someone how I feel in the little day-to-day things. Though roses are nice (and chocolate even better), I am just as happy picking up Taco Bell and heading back home to watch Netflix in bed as the next girl is with being treated to special occasion dinner and a movie.

I suppose my point is: don't feel like you have to fulfill certain details or tropes this Valentine's Day. It's not a competition to show how happy you are with being single, or how grateful you are to your significant other. If you'd rather do something small rather than something elaborate, that's completely cool. If you want to do something random and fun instead of poised and polished, that's up to you.

Make Valentine's Day a celebration of love-- for yourself, your friends, your lovers-- and don't get caught up on the details. Allow yourself to be filled with love via the little things, and you'll find that you can celebrate love on more days than one.