Single on Valentine’s Day?

So it’s Valentine’s Day again and I’m single. Yup, me, a heterosexual women does not have a boyfriend or a date to mark this occasion with. What to do?

According to movies, tv shows and advertisements, I guess I have two choices: get all emotional over the fact that I’m alone, lock myself away for the whole weekend and wallow in self-pity or throw some wild man-hating girls-only party to celebrate how much I hate Valentine’s Day. That’s right, those are the options. I either despise the holiday and everything it symbolizes (which in most movies it’s revealed that the only reason the women hates the holiday is because she is in fact alone, but once she gets a man all’s good!) or I become a huge pile of depression at the mere mention of the dreaded V-Day.

Neither of those options seem to appealing to me to be quite honest. The thing is, I’m quite happy being single and I don’t hate men. Not at all. In fact, I quite like them. I’m just not dating anyone at the moment and I’m fine with that.

Valentine’s Day really means nothing to me, whether I’m single or not. I never understood the hype when I was in a long term relationship either. If you really care about someone, shouldn’t every day be special?

Well, I’m just going to do what I do every weekend: go out with my friends and have a good time. I can’t be the only person that does this over Valentine’s Day. Am I really that much of an anomaly? Treating it just like another day? Not burning everything from my past lovers in some sacrificial fire? Making voodoo dolls using their hair to curse them for leaving me all alone? Is it really so unique to be okay with being single?