Single on Valentine's Day?

For a day that is supposed to be all about sharing love, it can be a disappointment to many. Flowers, cards, chocolates, and overflowing expressions of love are all the norm on Valentine's Day. But for many singles, instead of being a day for celebration it ends up bringing up feelings of self-doubt, loneliness or depression.

Being single shouldn't be a reason to feel blue however, and neither should Valentine's Day. Instead of letting this mostly commercially-fueled holiday drag you down, why not celebrate being single with these Valentine's Day tips?

Remember That A Relationship Doesn't Define Who You Are

Just like when someone asks you what you do for a living, the same goes for your relationship status: whatever your situation, it isn't the end-all explanation of who you are as a person. Being single isn't something to be ashamed of, and whether or not you are in a relationship doesn't say anything about who you are as a person.

Stay Busy on Valentine's Day

Plan out your Valentine's Day celebrations, even if they are as simple as staying at home and watching TV or meeting a friend for coffee. Just try to do something that will allow you to sidestep all of the Valentine's Day couple-focused events, which probably means steering clear of romantic restaurants or flower shops. This step is especially important for those who are recently single, and may require even more planning so that you don't spend the evening alone.

Do Something About Being Single

Perverted Tolerance

For most people in this generation, the words in the title above scan poorly, if at all. The juxtaposition of the concepts of tolerance, perversion and slavery is unheard of today. Reading them, the computer that is your mind sends up a message box saying, "There is no file for these ideas, would you like to create one?"

Would you?

You should, your life depends on it.

How?

Let's learn from the experience of catatonic people. Some things, like fire on the skin, can only be tolerated at risk of life and limb. Even a five year old knows that people who tolerate a direct flame to the skin are seriously defective in survival skills. Take that kind of tolerance to its logical conclusion and you will find victims of catatonia, utterly oblivious to even the most life-threatening invasive marauders. Catatonics are enslaved to tolerance.

Catatonics have an excuse: they went out to lunch and never returned. We don't have that excuse. If we tolerate life-threatening invasive marauders, we, in all our conscious glory, must find a word other than catatonia to describe our slavery to tolerance.