If Valentine’s Day feels too forced,overly consumerist or an exercise in self-loathing, just change it to your liking. Everyone else already hasValentine’s Day is an awkward, and sensitive holiday whether or not you bear a meaningful other and,perhaps particularly, if you are single. To be “without love” on a day designed to celebrate it as loudly and publicly as possible can invent even the most secure single person question their life. But there’s more love to be had – and to give – than the kind that requires a romantic partner, and there can be more to Valentine’s Day than roses,chocolate, cheeseball cards and forced romantic gestures. Rather than reflecting on your singlehood or grumbling about the consumerism of the holiday, or all of us can utilize a day dedicated to the celebration of love as a time for reflection on its importance in our lives.
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Source: theguardian.com