Valentine’s Day is a tough holiday even for people who are in love. Do you go all out or play it cool? Do the whole chocolate and flowers combo or be more subtle? Is it too soon for all that or much too late? For single people, the psychodrama of February 14th is, of course, entirely different. These people may find themselves wondering where it all went wrong, gazing jealously at the hip-joined couples around them, or eying their ex’s number and trying to think of the perfect, Valentine’s Day meme to turn everything around.
The truth is Valentine’s Day is rough but you’ll get through it coupled or no. So whether you’ll be celebrating the holiday with a special someone, breaking bread with your friends, or boycotting it with a bottle of wine, a pint of chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream…