There seems to be a growing trend of single people who absolutely hate Valentine’s Day. Just go on Snapchat. I am sure at least one person has already made their story a picture of the Valentine’s display with either the gun emoji or the sick emoji. Instead of being a day of love, it has become yet another day for single people to complain about how lonely they are -- and it needs to stop.                

First of all, single people have absolutely no reason to be bitter on Valentine’s Day, or any day. You are very loved, so stop the pity party. You may not have a perfect Instagram- worthy relationship (whatever that even means), but you probably have plenty of friends who love you, and that you love right back. Instead of complaining about your nonexistent love life (which probably isn’t even true), use Valentine’s Day as an excuse to show your friends how much they mean to you. Buy them chocolate, buy them their first drink at happy hour, or just send them a text reminding them of what they mean to you.

Second of all, who said you want to have a Valentine, anyways? Normally, they last a lot longer than one day. It is like when you were little and you begged and begged your parents to buy you that puppy at the pet store, but they didn’t because they knew it was going to pee all over the floor, and destroy your home -- that’s kind of what a relationship is like. Sure, it looks great when you see how cute it can be -- like how it is on Valentine’s Day -- but what you don’t see is all the messy parts. 

Think about all of the things people in relationships deal with on a daily basis. Do you really want to get into a three hour fight over who is in your Snapchat best friends? Do you enjoy ditching your friends for your significant other? Do you enjoy people telling you how lame you have gotten ever since you got together with your boyfriend? Do you like feeling the need to constantly be attached to your phone so you can update someone on your every move? 

I know that is something I wouldn’t be able to do right now. I am not saying relationships are bad, in any way. With the right person, they can be wonderful and you can learn a whole lot about yourself.  However, there is a lot more to life than being in one, especially right now. So don’t be bitter. Go out with your friends and enjoy the freedom you have to do whatever you want. And by all means, please refrain from telling everyone how much you hate Valentine’s Day because, honestly, nobody wants to hear it.