Why not use a commercial day to make someone in your life feel extra special? Yeah OK why should we require a specified day to be nice...but it can't hurt, right? What about the couples who have been married for years? Even after 25 years of marriage my romantic Dad has a stunning bouquet delivered to my Mum every year without fail. They go out for a meal or my Mum cooks something special and they have a night to themselves - how could I begrudge anyone that? It's nice to be nice - end of!
As fateful luck would have it I personally seem to be single most Valentine's Days, now that I'm in my mid-twenties this kind of remark is heard more frequently: "have you not found a man yet?", "any news on your love-life?" and "perhaps you should smile more often" - cheers pals! It's comments like these that make it increasingly easy to start "hating" Valentine's Day. It can make any person feel pressured when the dreaded February 14th approaches - suddenly those men/ladies you avoid at all costs seem a lot more appealing - quick, find someone else to pair with! Otherwise you stand to admit to yourself that you're a failure in the romance department and this one little day will make you feel exceptionally lonely - oh great! Especially when you were quite happy being single until this day crept up.
I have therefore come up with my new method - turn a doomed-to-be-a-singleton Valentine's Day into a romantic day for (who better?) myself. My original plan was to try and sleep through it but that's simply not practical. Therefore my last few Valentine's Days have been spent with only the best of friends, wine, Disney movies and (fantastic) food - it helps that my best friend is a chef. Love and laughter all round. This year I'm going to spend the day engrossed in a bit of retail therapy - I've not been shopping since before Christmas and I've been saving the pennies. So what if I don't have someone to buy me the perfect choccies, flowers...or Alpaca Fur Slipper Boots to keep me warm at night - they're so cushioned it's almost as good as a foot rub! I have a bank card don't I? Plus I know the perfect items to make me happy - someone else would only get the wrong colour or size! Plus I think I'm great! I deserve it - Happy Love Yourself Day to ME!!
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