single awareness day!

as everyone knows, valentine's day is fast approaching. i am slightly nervous of what this day will bring. should i just stay home and watch movies or should i go out with friends? should i bring people cards or cupcakes or what? i am still unsure.

last year, i simply went to the movies with two of my friends. the guy that was in our three person date group brought me a flower, which made me awkward, since i don't normally get those kind of gifts. i appreciate his effort to make me feel better about how i'm all single and such while most of my friends were in relationships. however, i do not like presents. so i had no choice but to just say thank you and pretend like it didn't bother me.

and now, it has occured to me that i really don't like valentine's day anymore. it's a day where all the single people of the world are pretty much announcing, "hey, world, i'm single. be aware." let's all just rename valentine's day single awareness day. (thanks to tyler bowie for the idea.)

you see, all of my friends have relationships...or they pretty much all do. my best friend taylor has been dating her boyfriend for almost a year. same with my other best friend alex. cindy has been with her boyfriend since freshmen year basically, and i'm sure annalisa is not having a hard time finding someone to occupy her time. even my guy friends are all in relationships! randy has stephanie, eric has jessica, kendall has krista, and so on. so what am i to do?

not conform! although, i will admit that i am slightly interested in a twenty-one year old that i have recently become friends with. he's really, really nice and extremely cute...but he's also three years older than me and my parents are not going to approve. so, i do not say that i have anymore than a mild interest, a crush, on him. and it's true. and he knows that i don't date. and it's not a problem.

so, happy (early) single awareness day to all!