By Jenny Giang
Valentine’s Day is just around the corner as everyone can probably tell from the obnoxious pink, red, and purple chocolate boxes and stuffed animals littering the front aisles of every supermarket. For those of you in a relationship or have a date for Valentine’s Day, fantastic! But for those of us who don’t, fear not because this Valentine’s Day definitely won’t suck at all!
1. Who needs an awkward forced date when you have your girlfriends?Who says you need to be in a relationship to have a good time on Valentine’s Day? Going on a date with your girlfriends can be way more fun than a first date with a boy anyways, since there are no awkward icebreaker questions or ‘who pays’ to deal with.
2. No need to buy a cute outfit to impress your date.Being single means you get to save your money on other things other than food and materialistic objects, and that’s always a plus.
3. You don’t feel the need clean and wax from north to south, or put on makeup.Can I get a hurray for this one? We all know shaving your legs, plucking your eyebrows, and putting on makeup requires time and energy. Being single means you don’t have to do any of the above! Although let’s remember that we clean up for ourselves, not for anyone else… and if you prefer to go au-natural regardless, you do your thang girl.
4. You’re not buying into a commercial holiday and spending that hard earned money from your minimum wage part-time job.Title says it all, really.
5. You can go see Fifty Shades of Grey.Being single means you can see Fifty Shades of Grey on premier night with the girls. It would be quite awkward if you went to see it with your date, considering it would suggest that you have high and kinky expectations for the night.
6. No one is going to judge you for drinking a whole bottle of wine!Red or white tonight?
7. You don’t have to wait an hour at a restaurant for a table.Takeout at home, or cooking a nice meal is the way to go. The middle of February is too cold to leave the couch anyway; who in their right mind wants to go out all dolled up and then have to wait an hour for a table? Solution: make reservations way in advance. Good luck.
8. Your mom will buy you flowers. (Maybe…I’m still working on that one.)
9. You can snuggle in bed and watch Friends.
10. And last but not least, being single means you can mingle!
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