Heart day, a day of love or single awareness day, also known as Valentine’s Day. Some people say it’s the worst day ever; however those people are normally single and think it’s a day to point out that they are single. Valentine’s Day doesn’t have to point out who is single and who isn’t. Valentine’s Day is a day to embrace and celebrate true love even if you don’t have a love. A valentine doesn’t have to be someone who is your boyfriend or girlfriend. I say a valentine can be someone whom you don’t have romantic feelings for. Be a valentine for someone and find someone else who is single and go out, and have a good time.

Just because you don’t have a boyfriend or girlfriend doesn’t mean you have to rain on someone else’s parade. Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love, not a day to be grumpy. If you don’t like it, that’s fine, but ruining the day for me or someone who loves it—now that’s low. If you love Christmas or Easter and someone else doesn’t, do they go around bashing it and saying how dumb it is? I don’t think so. It seems as if it’s socially acceptable for people to bash Valentine’s Day when they are single, or because they just don’t like it. However, it’s not acceptable for someone to bash a nationally loved holiday. I think ruining a holiday, no matter what holiday it is, is very selfish and maybe that’s why these individuals don’t like Valentine’s Day.

Valentine’s Day is not a time to say “ha—ha you’re single. I’m not. Look at me.” Love isn’t here to point that out. Love is never selfish! When someone is in a relationship with a partner they are truly happy. People don’t enter into a relationship to get someone who they may, or may not know, angry because they are single. Being single isn’t a bad thing. Being single can actually be a lot of fun. Why do people always get upset over being single? I’ve never understood why people complain about being single. If you really hate it so much you can find someone to date. The only problem with dating someone simply because you don’t want to be single is that you don’t have that ‘I really like them’ feeling. Personally I had never had a valentine until I was in high school, but even when I didn’t have a special loved one I still loved the day. I never really cared about who I was with, or if I even had a valentine. I just liked Valentine’s Day because it was a day where people were happy and they talked about love. I know people bash Valentine’s Day and say it’s all about what someone gets, but really it’s not. Valentine’s Day is about the romance and the love, yet people who think it’s about something other than that have been misinformed.

My first nostalgic Valentine’s Day I received a teddy bear and it was the best Valentine’s Day ever; the next year I didn’t really receive anything. I didn’t complain because I knew I was with someone that I really liked. To me it was more about just sharing the day and being happy. That was the best Valentine’s Day I ever had. All I did was spend the day with someone who meant a lot to me. I have also had my fair share of bad Valentine’s Days alone and liking someone else and feeling as if everyone was a couple but me. This Valentine’s Day I spent it at a post-season boy’s basketball game. I had to cancel all the plans I had made because of our sports team. Although I am sad I had all my plans for Valentine’s Day changed I still enjoy the LOVE in the air on Valentine’s Day. I got to be as girly girl as possible and talk about how great love is. I tried to not be overly gushy because that’s not my style and most people are bothered by that kind of conduct. Dressing in pink, talking about the guy I love and eating chocolate however, did amount to a good time. Who doesn’t like chocolate and being happy? Who doesn’t like receiving love? No one goes around and yells at people on their anniversaries saying “You’re so dumb because you’re in a relationship and happy!” That’s just ridiculous. I think that people need to either accept Valentine’s Day or they need to keep their hateful comments to themselves. No one cares if you’re single or if you hate the day! Some people just have a burning hatred for this holiday, they think it’s idiotic. However I think it’s a day to show your love. It’s not a day about candy or flowers or teddy bears. People who think that it’s about the material stuff are sadly mistaken and make me feel kind of sad for them. Love is defined as a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person by Dictionary.com. There is nothing about receiving things or spending money. Love, which is what Valentine’s Day is, is about having feelings for another person.

Love is never selfish and Valentine’s Day is a day to celebrate love. Keep this in mind next year when you want to complain about the day and wallow in your singleness.