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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. You will need An attitude adjustment A sense of
adventure A box of chocolates and a game plan. Step 1. Realize that you are not alone. There
are literally millions of others who don’t have a date for Valentine’s Day. Step
2. Tell yourself that Valentine’s Day is a crass commercial holiday that mostly
brings happiness to florists and candy makers. Step 3. 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. Valentine’s Day is a great day to go to a singles bar.
Many have parties that day for the unattached. Step 4. 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 to those people. Step 6. 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. 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.
Did you know The average American man spends $156 on Valentine’s Day, nearly double
the $85 the average woman spends.