How to Survive Valentine's Day Alone
Being unattached on February 14 can be a good thing—you just have to know how to celebrate it.
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Have a happy Valentine's Day with the ideas in this Howcast video series.
You Will Need
- An attitude adjustment
- A sense of adventure
- A box of chocolates
- And a game plan
Steps
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Step 1
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.
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Step 2
Remember: it's commercial
Tell yourself that Valentine’s Day is a crass commercial holiday that mostly brings happiness to florists and candy makers.
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Step 3
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.
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Valentine’s Day is a great day to go to a singles bar. Many have parties that day for the unattached.
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Step 4
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.
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Step 5
Feel superior
Feel superior to those people.
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Step 6
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.
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Step 7
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.
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The average American man spends $156 on Valentine’s Day, nearly double the $85 the average woman spends.
