Every year a new population gets added to this Valentine culture of celebrating love (thanks to the ones who get married in December!)
Now, Valentine's Day is a day of polarity - while the happily married couples snatch it as an opportunity for some PDA; the singles are, well, miserably single and can only day-dream of what their best V-Day might look like. Like the one below:
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Plans with committed friends are bound to go for a toss as they have no chance of spending any time with you today, because well, priorities. And if you are single and your family pesters you, you might feel like:
So, if you are sitting around by yourself, having treated yourself to your favourite dark chocolate or wine, and are wondering how to get through the day, here is a compilation of memes that might make you giggle:
So let's start with the singles. The ones who have either no plans of going out or who wanted to go out but got no one to be with.
FOR THE PERFECTLY LONELY
A good way to test your strength is to see how you deal with being single on Valentine's Day. A fear that hits so hard for so many, that they end up finding someone to celebrate it with.
When you have so many wonderful plans yourself, why would you want a date, right? Even if that means going out by yourself for years.
THE 111th WAY TO SAVE MONEY
In a world where people are looking for easy ways to save money, this one might be the one that is obvious but definitely hard to follow.
THE SINGLES WHO HAVE NO PLANS TO ENTERTAIN A HUMAN TODAY
Plus, this year V-Day is on a Monday. Though Monday Blues have changed for some today, for the rest, Mondays just got a bit more tolerable. Or rather a bit more heavy, because you can't scroll Instagram without another friend not posting about their PDA stories. Usse to MS Excel hi better hai.
COZ WHY NOT ENTERTAIN YOURSELF?
You do all the fancy self-love things today, so that you don't feel left out.
and take yourself out?
WHY SOME SINGLES DON'T GET THIS DAY
There are all kinds of things that come up when you are dating someone. Trust issues, crazy standards, weird expectations, and the list goes on. With all these things coming up, how would you live up to this?
OK, SO WHAT *DOES* ONE DO TODAY?
"Will you be my Valentine?"
What does that even mean?
THE ONES WHO CANNOT STOP WONDERING WHAT THE HYPE IS ALL ABOUT
Many (me included) do not get the hype behind this day. So we sit back, relax and enjoy to see how too many of our friends on Instagram share dedications of love and admiration for their spouse.
WEIRDLY, EVEN ONLINE EDUCATION IS GETTING SMARTER
Ok, so now that you have asked someone out. What next?
WHEN YOU KNOW KI REPLY TO AAYEGA
The day is filled with excitement because of the waiting and the longing and the excitement: "Reply kya aayega?", "Reply kab aayega?"
BUT WHEN YOU ARE CUNNING AND THEY FIND OUT
WHEN SHE SLAPS YOU HARD
She does not use words. Haath hi kaafi hai.
IT'S THE HARDEST DAY TO GET FRIENDZONED
OR WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU MIGHT BE SINGLE TODAY, BUT WELL, LUCKY YOU
MEANWHILE, PEOPLE AT OYO ARE BUSY WITH THE BUCKS
The ones who make a loooot of money and have the last laugh.
AND SAINT VALENTINE BE LIKE
The Saint must be sad, for everything he had to go through, this is the last way he would have wished to be commemorated.
THE SADISTIC SINGLES
You know those bitter ones who couldn't get through the bitterness of their last relationship? You might find these namoones doing this:
and this.
Na khud manaayenge, na kisi aur ko manaane denge.
WHEN YOU FINALLY DIE WITHOUT A VALENTINE
You might be the unfortunate one who receives a flower at the end of your life. Finally, mission accomplished.