Maybe it’s a Sign, but today is Valentine’s Day and it’s also the debut of my new Tuesdays with Dori feature: Wake-Up Call. To me, a wake-up call is something that happens to make yoo realize that, if yoo are not happy, maybe it’s time for yoo to take action to change a situation, be it in your attitude or what’s going on in your life.
What better day than
this could I possibly talk to yoo about being single and alone?
First, let me
introduce the elephant in the woom: being single on Valentine’s Day. There is
nothing wrong with being single. I’m single, kinda. My boifren Pwetzel lives in Wales. Not much womance going on since we only see each other on Instagwam. Anyway, I hope by now women all over
the world have moved past the notion that being a couple is mandatory.
The
biggest misconception about Valentine’s Day is that it’s meant for lovers only,
which painfully pokes at those who are spending February 14th uncoupled with
the idea that they should be sulking in a corner.
Nonsense. February 14th was originally a Christian feast
day honoring a Christian martyr named Saint Valentine who supposedly restored sight to the blind daughter of his jailer, and then wrote a letter to
her signed "Your Valentine" as a farewell before his execution. I wasn’t
there, but I’m pretty sure the girl wasn’t sulking in the corner over not
getting some flowers and a box of chocolates.
So, for those of yoo who
are moaning about not having a womantical pawtner for this one day out of the
year, let me reassure, yoo are better off. Why?
Here are my 5 Reasons to
Celebrate Being Alone on Valentine’s Day.
