Regardless of how independent and proud a single you are, being dateless on Valentine\u2019s Day can still sting. We\u2019re inundated with diamond ads, have to wade through a sea of flower bouquets at the office, and end up eating a quesadilla alone when everyone else is out at some fab restaurant sipping champagne. But we can still have fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What\u2019s the key? Keep it love-centric. Whether it\u2019s daydreaming about your future husband, celebrating with friends, or just focusing on yourself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are 6 single lady Valentine\u2019s Day activities guaranteed to keep you rosy:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 1. Watch all your favorite cheesy romcoms and create an amalgamation of the perfect man out of the male leads.<\/strong> 2. Buy yourself flowers, post them with a heart emoji, and watch your friends freak in the comments about your new mystery man.<\/strong> 3. Take yourself out to dinner, and smugly walk past the couples who didn\u2019t get a reservation in time.<\/strong> 4. Binge-watch the show you\u2019d be far too embarrassed to admit you like if you were seeing someone.<\/strong> 5. Send secret admirer notes to people.<\/strong> 6. Take your other single bestie out on the most epic Valentine\u2019s date ever.<\/strong> No matter how you choose to spend your Valentine\u2019s Day as a single lady, the key is to spread the love. It doesn\u2019t even matter where or with whom! Send out some positivity and watch the love come streaming in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you secretly admiring someone? Now’s the time to let them know. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":16058,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[899],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-single-life"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
\nNever dwell on what could have been, but never was, in your real life. Take this opportunity to Disney Prince yourself. You\u2019ll never find a man with Chris Pine\u2019s eyes, Chris Evans\u2019 abs, Chris Pratt\u2019s sense of humor, and Chris Hemsworth\u2019s everything else, so slip into your ugliest sweatpants and daydream scenarios where that guy<\/em> bumps into you on the street and makes you spill your coffee and kind of annoys you at first, but then ends up being the love of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIf you\u2019re single and everyone else is heart-eyesing their boyfriends, you have license to mess with them a little. Keep your caption detail-free, and let the texts roll in. Be maddeningly unresponsive. They\u2019ll die wondering what\u2019s keeping you so busy. No one needs to know you\u2019re sitting at home alone with Cheeto fingers<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nMake sure you look good. Be confident. Order a steak. And revel in the fact that even the busiest places on Valentine\u2019s Day can squeeze in a spot for one at the bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIf you\u2019re going to spend Valentine\u2019s Day alone, do it in a way that celebrates everything that is wonderful about being single. Like not having to answer to anyone when all you care about is Mama June\u2019s latest transformation and the ensuing drama. The best way to be single on Valentine\u2019s Day is to IMPRESS. NO ONE.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nNothing perks you up like being the source of some anonymous smiles. Leave flowers for a neighbor or slip a note to the mail carrier saying how much they brighten your day. Valentine\u2019s Day doesn\u2019t just have to be about romantic love. Even a cheesy heart card on the windshield of a complete stranger can keep you in the V- Day spirit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nWhat better way to celebrate being alone than to find someone else who\u2019s alone and do it together? Celebrate each other! Gifts, cocktail dresses, bubbly, the whole nine yards. Pull out all the stops and make any future companion she has to shame with how well you take care of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n