Not having a Valentine

Oh, what a lovely day it is on Valentine’s day. Couples making plans to spend the day with each other, guys building up courage to ask their crush to be their girlfriend, social media filled with selfies of happy couples and cheesy captions. You can clearly feel love is in the air, but what about everyone that doesn’t have a valentine huh? As we all may know, Valentine’s day is celebrated on February 14th. I do have to admit that throughout my entire life I've never paid attention to what valentine’s day. However, when I became a teen, I started noticing how people around my age began to have dates and boyfriends or girlfriends to spend the day with. I have nothing against this day, but I do hate seeing people feel that they need to be with someone this special day, because if not they’ll feel lonely. 

As you can tell I’ve never had a valentine, and to be completely honest I don’t think I want or need one. As I said before, I know lots of people don’t have a valentine and they feel kind of sad because of this but let me tell you that it’s not the end of the world. In fact, I believe it is even better not having one. For example, just think about all the money you won’t be spending. I know it may sound ridiculous and selfish but on that day it’s common to send your significant other gifts, chocolates, flowers or even have a fancy dinner reservation. Usually all this stuff is extremely expensive and overpriced for no apparent reason. So instead, you can take that money and buy yourself something you want. 

Also, I never understood why people let this day affect them so much. Like, I get it, it’s valentine's day and you’re not spending it with any lover, but what about the rest of the year? Why is it that you need to push yourself down just on this day if you were completely used to being single before? There is no need to feel sad; in fact, just think about it as something positive. It’s better to be alone and spend time with yourself, than rushing anything and then ending up with someone you don’t really know or appreciate. If you’re still sad, just have your friends come over and surround yourself with people that actually love you and make you happy. Spending a day with your friends is even better than having to worry about if your partner will like the gift you got them or not. 

So yeah, valentine’s day is overrated, and every single person over thinks about this day too much. Don’t let yourself feel blue. Think about how you can stay at home in your pajamas eating everything you want without spending lots of money (plus you won't have to worry about a future Scorpio being born hahaha). Focus on yourself and think about it as another day where you can be productive and achieve your goals. No one ever needs another person to feel happy. You are the only one that can control your emotions. Also, the people that make you feel bad, are usually the ones that want to show off their “awesome” relationship (we all know they don’t really love each other). Again, I don't have anything against this day, but I feel that people celebrate it because it is kind of an obligation and won’t let the day pass by without doing anything.