Happy Single's Awareness Day, friends! February 14th can be hard on singletons like us, but that's only because we let it be hard on us. You're not alone. We're here for you, just as we always have been.
Several years ago now, we simply decided that Valentine's Day wasn't a thing. If anything, it only reminded you that you were single. If you've spent anytime single, like we have, you realize that you really don't need reminding of that. Hence, Single's Awareness Day was born and the revolution has really took on. It seems like every year, people care less and less about an overhyped commercialized day in the dead of winter. Well, at least on the sane singleton front (Smug Marrieds are a different story).
It's not that we don't believe in love, we just don't believe you need a declared "holiday" to show love. It's not that we don't believe in romance, we just don't believe romance is defined by tacky gifts of the pink and red assortment. Don't call us skeptical, pessimistic or bitter. Love is what you make it, when you make it. Not when the greeting cards tell you so. Please feel free to use that explanation on that Smug Married coworker who feels the need to specifically ask you what your Valentine's Day plans are. Then just smile, and wish her a good night on her rip-off of a prix-fixe menu dinner, her overpriced roses that will smell like cat feces in 72 hours, and that box of chocolates that will taste like shit, but she'll eat anyways after being disappointed by yet another Valentine's Day. Who's smug now?
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And please, don't post photos of the flowers you got at work today, with a caption about what a sweet man/baby/sweetie/honey you have. It's really not THAT thoughtful that he sent you flowers on a day that he has been told he has to buy you flowers if he hopes to ever get laid again.
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