After swiping right on every possible Tinder match on the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, your desperation to find a valentine is at an all-time high. You hit the bars Friday and desperation hangs thick in the air. From the lines at the bars, it is evident that a large portion of MSU students are livin’ the single life this year.
For those of you who don’t have a bae, don’t let your relationship status — or lack thereof — sour your mood this Valentine’s Day.
Instead of sitting around sulking at your single status, celebrate your independence, and more importantly, yourself. Go out and treat yourself to what makes you happy— whether it’s a box of chocolates or a yoga class. Build yourself up, make yourself happy, prove to yourself that you don’t need another person to complete you.
If you are in a happy relationship, don’t let Valentine’s Day be the only day you celebrate your love. Being in love is something to be celebrated every day, not solely on the so-called day of love.
While the big corporations love Valentine’s Day, the average woman will spend about $77 on a night of pressured romantic expectations, according to reports from Today Money.
As struggling college students, the idea of spending this much on a single day is unrealistic. A total of $77 is the equivalent of about a dozen Chipotle burritos, excluding guacamole.
It can be tempting to plan an over-the-top day for your loved one in order to live up to the Valentine’s Day hype. But trying to plan every aspect of Feb. 14 is setting yourself up for disappointment. As college students, every day is a new experience. Putting too much thought into one day could distract you from enjoying the other days that could bring just as much joy.
College is a period of growth and change. While there’s nothing wrong with being in a relationship in college, sometimes we find ourselves growing apart from people we love, and that’s just a part of life.
Relationships come and go, and life is unpredictable. Though it can be easy to turn bitter at the seemingly endless number of happy couples on Valentine’s Day there is nothing wrong with finding love in other places.
So instead of waiting outside in the cold in hopes of finding that special someone, skip the lines and spend the night with your friends. Choose to appreciate all of your relationships, not just your (lack of) romantic ones.
