Let's talk being single on Valentine's day...here's what it's like...
I woke up this morning, and after seeing the snow still falling outside, I remembered that it was Valentine's Day...I grabbed my phone to see if I have a work delay, nope...so while I have the phone out, I check facebook...
Cue all pictures of presents and flowers from boyfriends, husbands, and children..."guess what single people...here's all the reminders that we are not alone on this holiday!" I click the "like" button for a few pics, but then frankly, I don't want to look at the pictures anymore...
After showering, I put on my pink shirt, heart shaped earrings and necklace, and head off to work...
Why wear the pink and the hearts? Well, I have classroom full of "valentines" everyday of the year...We call it "Friendship Day" and we celebrate being friends...
I try my best to ignore the internet for most of the day...If I ignore it, then there are no pictures of everyone's happy love lives...if I ignore it, then it's just another day...and I don't mind being single on most other days...it's the holidays that are reminders of who is happily taken and who is single...
of course, the reminders are there in my classroom all day...children making valentine's for their parents, hearts hanging around the room, and the Valentine "mailboxes" which the kids will open in the afternoon.
I read a story to my kids called "Slugs in Love"...well, crap! Even the slugs are in love...but I am not....
Thank goodness for the 8 little valentine's who have hugged me, told me they love me, and gave me cards and flowers...they make my single valentine's day a little brighter!
But of course there are also the reminders from the co-workers with their flower/candy/chocolate deliveries to work...yup...we get it, you're married or in a relationship...
At the end of my work day, I call in an order for take-out, drive home, eat dinner alone, ignore more happy love lives online, and I won't lie...I'm probably going to call it a night early tonight...I don't have any reason to stay up late and be reminded of all the happy people...
As Scarlett O'Hara says... Tomorrow is another day...
tomorrow the reminders will stop, and I can go back to forgetting that I am single on Valentine's day...as I have been for too many years...
Until then... Happy Valentine's Day to all the single people out there...only a few more hours of reminders!!
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