To all of my single students out there, do not fear Valentine’s Day… who am I kidding? Be afraid. Expect to see couples making out, balloons, roses, the whole nine yards, but do not forget to say to yourself. “I am free!” Here are some helpful hints to make your Valentine’s Day a little less sad then it will already be.
DON’T
drink alone. If this does not yell out depressing, then I do not know what does. When I say alone, I mean the dark corner of your room with a bottle of liquor. I mean at least go to a bar where they are people. Who knows? You might even take someone home for the night.
DO
have a Valentine’s Day drinking game party. If you see pictures of couples on Facebook drink, every time you see roses, drink. Get ogether all of your single friends and have a good time. This game could be easily played I mean after all it is Valentine’s Day.
DON’T
spend money on someone that could care less about you. In the end, you will regret it. Honestly, they probably will not spend half as much as you will on him. It is not worth it, come next week they may have already forgotten your name.
DO
treat yourself instead. Have a nice evening for yourself; I would even go as far as indulging yourself in chocolate- covered strawberries, I mean why not? It is not pathetic, I promise.
DON’T
watch sappy love movies like “The Notebook.” This is like the chick flick’s queen, it is about a couple and if you are not a couple…well you get the point. Do not watch it, I’m warning you.
DO
watch movies that do not let you think about love such as the Godfather. Blood, guts and glory is the key. This movie will distract you from your love thoughts, well at least for a couple of hours it will. Take advantage of it.
DON’T
go on a romantic flower pedal, candle light date. This date idea has been way overdone and, quite frankly, who wants to sit in a busy restaurant and have a pricy ticket show up at your table? No, I’d scratch that idea pronto.
DO
go see Dr. Drew speak about love and sex. He will be on Campus this Thursday to talk about love and all of the kinks in between. He might be the best Valentine you will ever have.
DON’T
buy lingerie to get extra brownie points for the one you are only seeing. If they want to play in lingerie, then you deserve a title. Tell
him/her what’s up.
DO
buy something nice for yourself. I feel so much cuter when I go to bed in cute lace underwear, compared to anything else and I always do it for myself. If it is lace underwear that makes you feel good, then why not?
Don’t
spend your night stalking your exs on Facebook or any other social media. We all do it. Don’t deny it. You may think about it, but in the end it will not be worth it. Don’t you dare click that mouse or tap that phone.
DO
Go out with your friends and have a good time. Hit up some of the local bars! Enjoy this time with your friends, trash-talk all of your exs and all the cons they possess. If they are not with you, then something is obviously wrong with their head.
DON’T
feel sorry for yourself. Everything happens for a reason right? Try to not think so negative and what could have been, instead look at
the hottie who lives right down the hall from you, eye candy.
DO
thank all of your exs and the lessons you have learned from them. For instance, I have learned that my music taste was not the best until I dated my recent ex, now I have discovered all of these great bands.
