120572 558 Holidays & Celebrations Valentine's Day true Wed, 21 Jan 2009 08:48:07 -0800 /system/videos/4/72/05/12/120572.flv DIY, Instructional, tutorial, Do It Yourself, Tips, Essential Skills, Learn to, holiday, valentine's, valentines How To Survive Valentine's Day Alone http://www.howcast.com/videos/120572-How-To-Survive-Valentines-Day-Alone http://www.howcast.com/videos/120572-How-To-Survive-Valentines-Day-Alone/edit approved 114 640 480 <object width="425" height="352" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" id="howcastplayer"><param name="movie" value="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=120572"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.howcast.com/flash/howcast_player.swf?file=120572" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="352" allowFullScreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" ></embed></object> 10 FFTM_Creative http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/120572/55_xxlarge_maintained_aspect.jpg 2054 false false false 55615 1 22 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/120572/22.jpg Realize you are not alone Realize that you are not alone. There are literally millions of others who don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day.

]]> 55616 2 31 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/120572/31.jpg Remember: it's commercial Tell yourself that Valentine’s Day is a crass commercial holiday that mostly brings happiness to florists and candy makers.

]]> 55617 3 40 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/120572/40.jpg Do something decadent Book something decadent for this Valentine’s Day that you’ve always wanted to do—take a helicopter ride, fly to Paris for a long weekend, get a 90-minute massage.

]]> 55618 4 50 Tip Valentine’s Day is a great day to go to a singles bar. Many have parties that day for the unattached.

]]> 55619 5 56 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/120572/56.jpg Think of people in rotten relationships Still blue? Think of all the people who stayed in a rotten relationship just to get a heart-shaped box of cheap chocolates.

]]> 55620 6 64 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/120572/64.jpg Feel superior Feel superior to those people.

]]> 55621 7 69 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/120572/69.jpg Consider the holiday's origin Consider the holiday’s origin. Valentine, a 3rd-century priest, was jailed, tortured, and murdered. He wrote a love letter to the warden’s daughter—therefore being someone’s Valentine is really being a doomed, lovesick prisoner.

]]> 55622 8 85 Step http://img.howcast.com/system/thumbnails/120572/85.jpg Enjoy half-priced chocolates On February 15, purchase and devour a now half-priced box of chocolates. After all, chocolate contains phenylethylamine, which produces the same warm and fuzzy feelings we have when we’re falling in love—without any of the heartache.

]]> 55623 9 102 Fact The average American man spends $156 on Valentine’s Day, nearly double the $85 the average woman spends.

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