For many singles, Valentine’s Day can
be the loneliest and most difficult days of the year.Here are 10 tips that you
as a single person can use to survive Valentine's Day:
1. Invite some of your single friends
over. Make it special. Have them each bring a dish to share and a small gift to
exchange. Give each guest a single rose.
2. If you have children or grandchildren, order pizza
and plan a special game or movie night.
3. You might know someone that's in need—perhaps an
elderly person that's home alone. Reach out to them. Bring a meal and spend
some time with them.
4. You may know a couple that has small children.
Offer to babysit so that they can have a night out.
5. There are often dinners, dances and other events
planned for singles on Valentine's Day. Check your local paper or nearby
churches for happenings in your town. Don't stay home. Go and have a good time.
6. Do something nice for yourself. Buy yourself
flowers or that item that you have had your eye on at the mall. Or schedule a
little pampering, like a massage, facial, manicure or pedicure.
7. If you can't afford to pamper yourself, do it at
home. Listen to some great music, take a bubble bath, light candles, drink tea,
eat chocolate and curl up with a good book or watch a movie. Or, if you're
really feeling ready and adventurous, this might be the day to create your
profile and sign yourself up for a reputable dating website.
8. Plan something you would like to do later in the
year, like a weekend getaway with a friend, that new hiking trail you've wanted
to try, a dance or cooking class, etc. Give yourself something you can look
forward to.
9. Call your parents, siblings or other close family
members. Tell them how much you love and appreciate them. Relationships don’t
always last. Family is forever.
10. Count all your blessings and actually write them
down. When you see all the good that's going on in your life, you won't feel so
deprived on Valentine's Day. Then get a good night's sleep. Tomorrow will be
here before you know it.
Source: ConnieWetzell