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Well as many singles are aware valentines day is just around the corner. If your single, like myself, then you know what i mean. We are stupped into believing a total lie, What lie? The lie that v-day (short for valentines day) is the day for love to flow through the air and lift your spirits or maybe go out on an edge for the first time and make it known to the world that you admire that perfect someone. Whether or not love is flowing through the air i guess can be debatable, but studies have shown that going out on the edge for the first time is just cheesy. Its true and the numbers dont lie abcnews did a survey on women and 62.6% agree its cheesy to go on a first date for v-day. So guys we are put in a lose lose situation on v-day. If we ask her out its cheesy and if we dont make a move, we are lame. One thing is for sure though, she will never forget that cheesy move you pulled on her, but its your job to make it worth while. So who made this hell holiday to torcher us singles and make couples empty their wallets? "...Its origins stem from fertility festivals of ancient Rome, when young women were not given candy or flowers. They were whipped with strips of animal hide because they believed that this would make them more fertile. A couple of centuries later, Christians celebrated a priest named Valentine, who secretly performed marriage ceremonies for soldiers when the emperor had forbidden it. By the 1400's Valentine's Day was firmly established in England, but the emphasis was on little rituals, such as drawing names out of a bowl, to discover the identity of one's true love."
-About.com:Mental Health

All this talk about love must being killing some singles out there so i did some research with my partners at Google and came across this singles survival kit on v-day.

1. Do not define yourself by your relationship status. Your relationship status is not your identity.

2. If you are single because of a recent loss, allow this to be a day of grieving. Do not pretend that it’s not a hard day. Get support and sympathy.

3. Realize that Valentine’s Day is a commercial holiday. It is not about love and relationships; it is about selling flowers, candy, and diamond jewelry. Think of all the money you are saving.

4. Plan well in advance to do something that will not place you in the path of billing and cooing couples. Even if you usually like dining out alone, do something else on Valentine’s Day.

5. Get together with people who do love you -- friends, family members, the people who already have relationships with you.

6. If you are single and you don’t want to be, start now to think about what is in the way of you creating the relationship you want. Find ways to work on becoming the person your dream partner would fall in love with. Start therapy. Take up yoga. Begin to volunteer. Create art. Make meaning. Act to change the world. It is into the fullest lives that love is most likely to fall.

7. If you are single and you like it, now is the time to affirm your choice. People who never marry or partner have close, loving, emotionally intimate relationships and lives worth living. Do not let a couple-driven culture define your choice as something wrong.

Hope this helps and wish everyone a Happy Valentines Day!

Video of the day: One of my brothers best video this one goes to all the ladies enjoy.