HAPPILY SINGLE

        It’s the most wonderful time of the year. Haha, not really. Yea it's valentine's day coming up and now you are realising that you are getting older and you are still single. By now it’s pretty much common knowledge that depression and the Valentine's day go together like coffee and cream. And we single peeps really love to amp up the melodrama during this time. 

       Now when I say single let's be clear- I mean SINGLE. The don't have a fiancee, don't have a half boyfriend, actually don't even have a cute crush right now expect for a adorable cute pup. But I’m telling you, being single during the  Valentine's day IS NOT THAT BAD. It’s actually kinda awesome in a lot of respects. I’m not just blowing sunshine up your ass.

So Here are 5 reasons why being single for the Valentine's day actually kinda rocks:

You’re in the majority

First, it is important to recognize that you are not alone in your aloneness. In fact, singletons now make up more than half of the adult population in India . So while you may think you are the lonesome loser amid scores of happy couples, the truth is that you’re actually quite normal (despite what your Facebook feed tells you).

Speaking of Facebook, you can laugh at all those charlatans

When you’re single, it’s important to keep in mind that Facebook (or Instagram, or any other social network) is a ruse. While your news feed may be full of red hearts and proclamations of soul mates found, you must remember that Facebook is merely an online brag board where all of the good is grossly exaggerated while the bad remains carefully hidden within the deep, dark confines of Real Life. I have a girlfriend who calls me every other day, crying about how she and her boyfriend are constantly fighting and on the verge of a breakup. I’ll say: “But you just posted on Facebook that you have the best boyfriend in the world? “Pffft, that’s Facebook,” she says. “It’s all fake.”

You can skip the agony of buying the right gift (or receiving one that’s super lame)

Sad but true, issues related to gift-giving are the cause of many a Valentine battle among couples. One person is hurt that not enough thought was put into their gift, another is upset they didn’t get specifically what they asked for. And if you’re still in the early stages of dating, that horrible gift-giving awkwardness is as unavoidable as bad fruitcake. Does it all sound petty and shallow? Could be, but unlike Santa Claus, it most certainly does exist. So go ahead and roll your eyes at the absurdity of it all and be grateful you won’t be wrapped up in the unrelenting gift-giving anxiety orgy that hits most relationships around this time.

Your wallet won't suffer for love

It’s no secret that the spirit (or is it the obligation?) of Valentine's day gift-giving can wipe out your bank account like a South Pacific tsunami. With all the cash you’ll save as a singleton, it is wholly justifiable to practice a little self-love and splurge on a prezzie for yourself! Go ahead and buy that new pair of shoes or speaker set or whatever it is you really want that your significant other would probably get wrong anyway.

You can do WHATEVER you want to do

 When you're single, February 14 is just another day of the year. You don't have any obligation to go to some fancy-schmancy restaurant while trying extra hard to the romantic. You can just spend the day doing what you love to do: binge watching Netflix while laying comfortably in bed or travel to New place or even stay in pajamas for a whole day.

        Don't get me wrong, I’ve got nothing against relationships and if that’s what you aspire to, that’s perfectly fine. I do, too. But as singletons, we tend to idealize relationships as the panacea to all of our troubles, when the reality is that it ain’t all sugar and spice on the other side of the fence.

       So when you see a “happy” couple at the beach or at a valentine party – take solace in the notion that they likely engaged in a screaming match in the car on the way over. Go ahead and laugh mightily at these couples’ fake valentine's day mirth and sleep well whilst hogging all the covers in knowing that the only person you have to answer to… is you!