Valentine's Day On your Own

If this is your first Feb. 14th on your own, think positive and get used to it because it is pretty likely not to be your last. This mind-set may not be something you can easily manage if you look at the glass as half empty, but if you are the half full type you will be totally fine. While it might seem that all around you are happy loving couples and families buying into the Valentine hype, remember that you are there standing on your own, a beacon of independence in a sea of hearts and flowers. There is a lot to be thankful for not the least are good friends who leave you in peace so that you can enjoy those chocolate dipped strawberries by yourself without having to share! You have only to sit back with your feet up taking extravagant sips of your Moet and admiring the tulips you bought for yourself that sit on your mantle. Leftovers feel like comfort food as you recognize how grateful you are not to be out at any restaurant waiting an hour past your reservation time for bad service and so so fare while watching an alarming number of men scattered throughout the dining room suddenly drop to their knees as they do the Valentine's Day proposal dance. You have not had to race to your local jewellery store on your way home from work to purchase the last minute bauble de rigeur that she either would have returned for something she preferred or that she would have worn saying" it's not anything I would have chosen for myself but what can I do?" You also get to bypass the Hallmark store and miss madly looking through the racks of picked over sentimental "To My Loving Wife" cards so in all , I'd say your glass is most definitely half full.