15 Moments That Prove Being Single Is Superior To Being In A Relationship On Valentine's Day

What's better than sharing a box of chocolates? Eating them by your whole damn self.

1. You don't have any pressure to have a ~perfect~ evening.

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Especially when Valentine's Day falls on a weeknight and you have to get home from work and make yourself look nice and then go out for three hours all the while you just want to lounge around in your trackies.

2. You don't have to go out with someone you're not really feeling anymore.

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As an ex-waitress who worked plenty of Valentine's nights, let me tell you, there are a lot of couples out there who just look so unhappy.

3. You don't have to feel like you have to have sex, just because it's Valentine's Day.

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If you're in a loving relationship and wanna go at it all night, power to you! But don't feel like it's an obligation.

4. You don't have to splurge and spend cash you're trying to save on a random night in February.

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Especially as it's coming off the back of Christmas, New Year's and ahead of your Easter escape.

5. And you don't have to feel guilty for not wanting to celebrate.

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You get to avoid the couple drama that comes when one person wants to make a big deal out of Valentine's Day, and the other doesn't.

6. You can still buy chocolates or a treat, but you don't have to share them with anyone.

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Because if someone buys you chocolate and you don't share, it turns into a whole thing.

7. You can celebrate your true loves, like your besties and family, Leslie Knope style.

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I mean, I don't know how Galentine's Day hasn't actually been turned into a real holiday yet.

8. You can spend the day working on yourself — because there's only one true love who will be with you throughout your lifetime and it's YOU.

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Do whatever you've been wanting to do, but haven't been able to find the time for. Hit up those New Year's resolutions, workout, read, cook yourself a meal that you've been craving all week — the world is your oyster. You can even buy yourself a little something special here.

9. You don't have to have the awkward Valentine's Day talk with the person you've only been seeing for a month.

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Sometimes that big ol' February 14 just pushes a relationship further than it's ready for.

10. You don't have to attend double dates and then ~compete~ with the other couple.

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Every couple is different, but on a day like Valentine's Day when it's hard not to think that your relationship is on show, sometimes it's possible to feel insecure.

11. You don't have to witness multiple proposals all in the same candle-lit restaurant.

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The amount of proposals I've seen as a waitress is astounding. Feb 14 is like a parade of bended knees.

12. You can spend the whole time celebrating the freedom of being single.

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There's an absolute awesome power in being able to make decisions about your life that won't affect anyone else.

13. And remind yourself about all the badass single people you know in the world.

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There are plenty of single people in the world who are happy, who never want to settle down and who are their own favourite person. Why are we trying to pretend that they're sad because they've not found that ~special one~?

14. You can go to bed and be happy with alllll the space to yourself.

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Seriously, what is better than doing that slow stretch when you have the entire bed to yourself? Not much.

15. And finally, you can literally just do nothing, because it's actually only a normal day.

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You don't need a special day to show love — whether you're in a relationship or single.