There's no denying it...The dreaded 14th of February is drawing much too close for comfort. If you run, it's only a matter of time before you run into the next window display of pink and red kitsch (two colours which clash at ANY time of the year btw.). If you hide, it will only be seconds before you're sought out by the next sickeningly happy couple. In other words; resistance is futile.
Now, I'm not one to usually make a fuss about Valentine's Day. Last year my relationship status was no different to this year (if you hadn't guessed, that's single). However I had a safety blanket of equally single friends. We simply spent the night drinking wine and heading out to dance with some, admittedly not so eligible, bachelors.
This year, I have an alarmingly small amount of fellow singletons on my side. And to add insult to injury, many are in new relationships and still at that vomit-inducing honeymoon stage. But, believe it or not, these are actually the easiest couples to deal with. They may make you want to gag, however a small part of you can't help but enjoy seeing your friend so happy.
No, the worst couples are the ones who claim that Valentine's Day is "No Big Deal". Expect following statements: "It's all about making money, it's so commercialised"/"If you love someone, you don't need an excuse to show that"/"It's just so BORING".
I am not ashamed that I enjoy making these couples suffer a little by unabashedly throwing following idea out there "Oh great, want to do something that day then?". Cue: lots of squirming, shifty eyes and muttered admissions of booked tables at expensive restaurants (too commercialised, eh?).
So, as it seems unlikely that I'll meet the man of my dreams in the space of the next couple of weeks, I have 2, equally depressing, options.
Option number one: Go all Jessical Biel in "Valentine's Day" and throw an "I hate V-Day" party, dress all in black and whack a pinata with a baseball bat. However, this has following implications: my guestlist would be alarmingly small and I am unsure of where one would purchase a pinata. Or a baseball bat, for that matter...
Or, option number two: Spend the day with my cat, in preparation for becoming a spinster with several feline friends. It's all good practice, after all.
Whereas option number 2 is the slightly more appealing one, it might also be nice to have a little human company on the 14th of Feb. So, in a 'wine-bottle-half-full' kind of spirit, I have decided to make the most of it by having a few drinks and giggles with my sister, who is one of my few fellow singletons.
After all, Valentine's Day is about spending time with someone you love, and not strictly with someone of the fit male variety (although fingers crossed for next year...) ;)
Lots of single girl love
Anna x
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