Hello all you love birds! Happy Belated Cupid's day. Because you are all lovely I hope it was nothing less than what you imagined, which is no doubt what you each deserve.
Regardless of how your love was packaged or how you packaged sharing your love with others- I have a general question: have you ever been shamed for being single on Valentine's Day? I hadn't really thought about it but I'm sure this can appear in a variety of ways; from close friend having sympathy for you in your solitude to restaurant host and hostess giving you and your all female crew the side eye.
I say who cares?! And I also say- per social media GALentine's day was in full effect all weekend long for Valentine's Day 2016. I almost like GALentine's day more than the initial premise of Valentine's Day. I mean after all love is meant to be given, shared, and received all day every day so it should be shown all day every day not just on a Hallmark holiday right?! I think GALentine's day was low key started to give a title, therefore removing shame from Valentine's Day.
So instead of being shamed for hanging with your gal-pals on Valentine's Day; those couples that only share their love and affection and illustrate romance on February 14h should really be shameful. What are y'all doing the other 364 days of the year? And are your actions on Valentine's Day genuine or about "putting on" to not be judged by others? Perhaps I've gotten it all wrong and Valentine's day is a time for stale love to be revived? Only time will tell.
No matter how you look at it. No matter what box you check- single, dating, married, or otherwise; I think the biggest keys are to love yourself, love those around you, not be a love- hater, or a singles- shamer. With that being said- I love you all!
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