Happy Valentine’s Day! 💅🏿💃🏿🌹🥀🍓🎈
To the married.
To the dating.
To the situationships.
To the “it’s complicated.”
And to the single people - no boyfriend, no crush, not even a toaster.
(And yes… happy new month — very delayed 🥹 life's been happening.)
Today was… weird.
I was mentally preparing myself for the annual emotional assault.You know the one.
The countdown starts a week before - couples soft-launching, “my person” posts warming up, suspicious flower deliveries appearing in stories, and suddenly everyone is in love. Everyone has always been in love. Everyone will forever be in love.
And the singles?
We just scroll carefully.
But today… nothing.🤷🏿
Valentine’s Day was dry. Suspiciously dry.
I opened social media ready to emotionally duck, and there were just normal posts. Memes. Random selfies. Food. Someone arguing about nonsense. No coordinated romance parade. No pressure. No mass relationship announcements trying to convert me into sadness.
For once, the algorithm respected my peace. 🎉
Actually, it felt almost unfamiliar — like when noise stops and your ears are still waiting for it. I kept expecting the wave to come later in the evening… the coordinated posts at 20:00, the restaurant tables, the captions longer than the relationship itself. But midnight is getting closer and nothing really happened. The world just… continued.🤨
And honestly? I liked it. 😁
Because Valentine’s Day has slowly become less about love and more about performance. A public audit of your desirability. A yearly reminder asking: has anyone chosen you yet? 💔
And sometimes the pressure isn’t even external, it’s subtle. You start measuring time. Another February. Another year older. Another year of “maybe next time.”
So today felt… quiet.
No flowers, but that’s normal.I’ve never received flowers. Not once. Not from anyone. Not even a “here.” Not even a pity rose.
And strangely, it didn’t hurt today.
Maybe because for the first time, the world wasn’t shouting romance in my face. Maybe because silence is kinder than comparison.
Or maybe… I’m just getting used to my own company. ❤️🩹
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