If you feel really down about being alone on Valentine's Day, go ahead and send yourself some flowers or your favorite candy to your place of work or your home. This gift will be special because you received it from someone who knows you best—you! Valentine’s Day. Or Singles Awareness Day. Your choice. A lot of people dread it as we inch towards the middle of February. Many of those individuals believing for a new relationship had really high hopes when January began that they would meet someone over the first six weeks of the year, and not be alone for Valentine’s Day. Yes, Valentine's Day can make you feel quite alone. So what do you do to get past the 24 hours that is February 14? Here are seven suggestions: 1. Admit how you are feeling. Realizing that Valentine’s Day is just another day. Look, I get it. Valentine’s Day can seem like this huge deal with all the hearts and flowers everywhere. But honestly? It’s just 24 hours, same as any other day. You don’t need to sweat it if you’re not all wrapped up in a romantic thing right now. 5 strategies for staying mentally strong if you're alone on Valentine's Day. Amy Morin. 2020-02-12T13:45:00Z An curved arrow pointing right. Share. Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy Link. An icon in Instead, spend time with different kind of love - your friends and your family. See a movie with some friends, eat dinner at the local diner with a handful of family, whatever you do, love is love, and Valentine's Day is there to represent it. You don't need to be in a romantic relationship to enjoy Valentine's Day. While Valentine’s Day may be a romantic celebration for couples, it can be a tough time to be alone—when February 14th rolls around, it’s common for singles to feel loneliness, sadness, regret, or self-doubt, or to feel envy towards couples celebrating the holiday. Besides the constant barrage of blissful love we see in advertising and TV, there are lots of reasons to feel lonely on Valentine’s Day. Many people feel alone on Valentine’s Day because of: General single loneliness; Depression; Grief over the death of a partner; A difficult or recent breakup; Divorce; Longing for a soulmate and not Maybe because I help out at my parents' facility from time to time. It's a good to spend Valentine's day. Thanks. Bronwen Scott-Branagan from Victoria, Australia on January 09, 2019: An interesting article, but I'm sorry that you have not mentioned the real name of the day, St. Valentine's Day; nor did you mention the saint after whom it is named. How Valentine’s Day can affect singles. If you’re unpartnered and feeling lonely on Valentine’s Day, it may be comforting to know that other singles are feeling the same way: One study by the dating app Plenty of Fish found that about 20% of singles would prefer that the holiday be canceled. Last Updated on January 13, 2025 by Angela Vaz. I get it. Valentine’s Day often comes with societal pressure to spend the day in a romantic relationship, but the truth is love, can take so many forms—and self-love is one of the most beautiful and empowering forms there is. Now back to Valentine’s Day, two years later. Samson and his girlfriend had been broken up for a few weeks, and he texted me very late at night that he wanted to see me. If this had been any other night, I probably would have ignored him. I didn’t want to see him, but my desperation to not be alone on Valentine’s Day trumped that. I’m going to the bar for an anti-valentine’s day event. So maybe not chocolate and flowers, but cheap beer and wings and maybe, just maybe, I’ll find a cutie in the same boat as me :) A man can dream, anyway. I know that in my heart, once again, that I will be alone on Valentine’s Day, it feels like a normal day for me. It pains me knowing that I won’t be happy like others around me tomorrow. All I want is a girl who will love me, and talk to me and trust me. But in the end, it won’t be that way for quite some time. Alone on Valentine’s Day. A person could be alone on Valentine’s for a myriad of reasons. Maybe the person just went through a bad break-up, their loved one recently passed away, or the person may have never had a true love in their life. If any of these reasons resonate with you, know that you are not alone. So, here is what I propose: Spend the day by yourself, away from any evidence of Valentine’s Day all together if you choose, OR stop running from it. Embrace WHY you are alone. Feeling good about being alone on Valentine’s Day ultimately comes down to celebrating the connections you have in your life and being gentle with yourself if you do experience some sadness Provided to YouTube by CDBabyAlone Again On Valentine's Day · Steve DafoeBest of Folk Muzik, Vol. 3℗ 2023 Steve DafoeReleased on: 2023-06-10Auto-generated by
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