I have spent more of my Valentine's Days alone than in a relationship. I am not the type to go buy myself sweets and gifts to drown in my loneliness, but it doesn't feel great to watch all the lovey-dovey posts for this overrated holiday. It is especially crappy when your valentine ends up being your parents, talk about awkward.

Even for the three years I have been in a relationship, Valentine's Day has never seemed to work out for us.

It causes more heartbreak than heartfelt love.

It even can start rejection, judgments, and self-hatred at young ages.

I remember as a kid feeling left out and unliked just because someone in my class wouldn't give me a valentine. Just as much as rejection is an issue for young ages, people will go out of their way to ask someone out of a date, only to possibly be rejected on a holiday centered around love.

Why would people want to encourage a holiday to spend money, being lonely, and supporting rejection?

I don't know about you, but for me, anniversaries are the holidays to show love for my significant other. I just spent probably a month's worth of a paycheck for Christmas giving gifts and now I'm expected to give more gifts to your significant other?

I am pretty sure I'd rather celebrate my love for my significant other on a day like an anniversary rather than on an over-rated holiday. There are birthdays, anniversaries, and graduations that a gift is already expected from a significant other. It's a holiday where candy, toys, and gifts start hitting the shelves right after the New Year's.

Who really needs a month and a half to buy cheesy cards and candy? Restaurants will fill with reservations, that if you didn't go to the store that week, you better be prepared to get a nice romantic meal at a drive-through.

The moral of the story is that Valentine's Day is a money-sucking, heartbreaking holiday for a lot of people, so why do we keep celebrating this overrated holiday?