Instructions

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• TIP: Valentine’s Day is a great day to go to a singles bar. Many have parties that day for the unattached.
• 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.
• Step 5: Feel superior Feel superior to those people.
• 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.
• 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.
• FACT: The average American man spends $156 on Valentine’s Day, nearly double the $85 the average woman spends.

You Will Need

• An attitude adjustment
• A sense of adventure
• A box of chocolates
• And a game plan