Valentines Day tribute to all my paired up friends

Every year all these articles come out that revolve around everyone’s holiday we love to hate: Valentines Day. Well, whether you’re in a piss poor relationship celebrating, or no boo at all, for most of us its pretty much just another day with rose petals on top. How lovely.

I’ve had 3 separate boyfriends take me out to my favorite wing place in my hometown over the years, and the food was all I really cared about (you can’t have intimate conversations with hot sauce all up in your throat) so I’m easy to please.  Okay, okay, okay- I might be a tad bit more complicated than buffalo chicken, but not by much! Anyways, I guess it didn’t matter about the boyfriend or the past memories- I just wanted the freaking chicken! Let the romantic crap find its way afterwards.

In between years I would find myself single, with no other half to take me on a luxurious date to Wendell’s, so I would convince my girlfriends. This ended up working on almost all of my off years, and guess what? I enjoyed it all the same, if not MORE with my friends than with the former flames.

My reasoning is that friendships can hold a bigger place in your heart than any significant other  (SO), especially true if you’ve already moved on from the shmuck. This year as I find myself out of college and that much older, so my friends all seem to be paired up. Most of them are in relationships that are actually decently healthy  (that’s really how you know your growing up) and little old me is left in the dust. Now of course I’ll still be getting drunk off buffalo and beer, even by myself, but I’ll take a moment for my fallen compadres. So friends hear me out…

I hope this day is amazing for you, but not so different than every day you and your SO spend together, because they should always treat you like a Queen.

I hope you get your favorite flowers, not just standard roses. I hope they know you well enough to tell the difference.

I hope the lingerie you bought doesn’t go to waste, because as we all know, planned sex isn’t always the most pleasurable, unfortunately.

I hope you’re even in the mood to have sex after the big meal you enjoy together.

I hope this is what you really, truly want, and that you never doubt yourself and why your with your partner as the day drags by. I have made that mistake plenty.

I hope your SO doesn’t have any crazy exes trying to ruin the day- because this is the day to do it.

Oh, and I hope you see my Snapchat with me devouring food on my own, and you smile to yourself and say to your lover, “she’s a crazy bitch, huh?"

Just because it’s going to be a normal Wednesday for me, doesn’t mean I don’t wish it can be less cheesey for the rest of you guys. So here is my tribute to all my amazing girlfriends. May your heart and stomach be full this Valentines Day, let us all reunite, the magical day after when candy is 50% off. Amen.