A Single Girl's Valentine's Day: Date Yourself

Ain't nothin' wrong with that!
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So, your single on Valentine's Day?

Well, go cry now because your tears will not be welcome tomorrow. As soon as the sun rises on Feb. 14 single ladies (myself included) will not give in to the temptation of spending the day in your pajamas watching Say Anything and eating cookie dough ice cream. Despite how you may have spent previous single nights on V-Day, Ben & Jerry are not acceptable dates.

I'm totally in support of having a girls' night out with your best friends. But when they're all booed up and your alone, don't sit around wallowing in your singleness.

You may be single, but you are in a relationship—with yourself. As cliché as it may sound, it's one of the most important relationships you'll ever have. In your twenties, it should be the most important relationship because this is the best time to figure out who you really are.

Since you're totally, insanely and amazingly awesome, take yourself out on a date. Everyone will be jealous that you get to go out with YOU. Take yourself to a movie (Don't go see The Vow, unless you can handle being alone at the ultimate date movie.) or out to dinner. Maybe just go out and get an ice cream cone (It's better than eating an entire pint on your couch.) or take a stroll.

Just make sure you're not sitting in the house mourning the death of your love life because it's not dead. It really never dies. Your romantic life is just on hiatus, but it will be back soon and you'll have a Valentine. For now, enjoy that fact that you didn't have to come up with some elaborate gift or spend hours worrying about making the night perfect. 

You get to have a perfectly imperfect night doing whatever makes you happy.