Kailey Krantz | Staff Writer
Seeing everyone around you in love this Valentine’s Day can sting when you’re single, but it shouldn’t keep us from celebrating the day.
Many of us associate Valentine’s Day with romance. Especially when we’re surrounded by love songs, rom-coms, teddy bears, heart-shaped balloons and large bouquets of roses. In fact, 61% of people are willing to go on a first date on Feb. 14 instead of having no date at all.
It doesn’t help that every year our social media feed is flooded with couples’ content. It can make us feel like we’re missing out on a holiday that everyone else gets to enjoy because they’re in relationships.
But despite popular belief, we can still enjoy the holiday without having to be in a romantic relationship or desperately looking for a date. Valentine’s Day is about celebrating all forms of love whether that be romantic, platonic, familial or just practicing self-love.
Sometimes the day is just an excuse to have fun with friends and celebrate with loved ones.
This is what Galentine’s Day is all about.
Galentine’s Day takes place a day before Valentine’s Day and you can go out to dinner, have small house parties and give out gifts to your closest friends.
It’s a fun way of reminding them how much you love spending time with them and how much they mean to you.
Valentine’s day is also a great day to relax and practice self-love during this day that is supposed to be all about love.
I celebrated Valentine’s Day last year by myself by playing some vinyl records, eating some chocolates and using my favorite lotions and skin care products. It was a much-needed break from all the late-night studying and back-to-back projects.
Celebrating Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to be limited to couples. We don’t have to follow what everyone else is doing or what society tells us we should be doing during this time.
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