Ah, Valentine’s Day. The annual festival of overpriced flowers, unrealistic expectations, and the soul-crushing realization that your love life might not be exactly like a romantic comedy.
But fear not! The key to surviving Valentine’s Day without disappointment is simple: lower your standards.
Here’s how:
1. Adjust Your Expectations (Way, Way Down)
If you’re hoping for a candlelit dinner at a five-star restaurant, try to be excited about drive-thru McNuggets in the car. Bonus: no dress code.
If you expect a dozen roses, get hyped for a gas station bouquet of “slightly wilted” carnations. It’s the thought that counts! (Probably.)
2. Redefine “Romantic Gestures”
Love isn’t just about grand displays. Sometimes, true romance is your partner not eating your fries.
Or texting you back within 48 hours.
Or finally removing their ex’s toothbrush from the bathroom.
Love is in the little things. If you squint hard enough.
3. Get Creative with Gifts
Jewelry? Too expensive. A heartfelt love letter? Too much effort.
Instead, give your special someone the greatest gift of all: your Netflix password. (Unless they already have their own account, in which case, your ex is clearly outclassing you.)
Or, if you’re single, treat yourself! Buy yourself something nice, like a single chocolate bar that wasn’t on clearance.
4. Accept That Love Is Not Like the Movies
Ryan Gosling is not showing up outside your window in the rain.
No one is writing you 365 love letters.
At best, you’ll get a “U up?” text at 11:47 PM. Take what you can get.
5. Remember: Nobody Else Knows What They’re Doing Either
As Albert Einstein famously said, “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.”
This applies doubly to love.
So lower those standards, embrace reality, and have the best Valentine’s Day that bare minimum effort can provide. 💕
Disclaimer – “We Think Fiction, So You Don’t Have to Think” – because who needs facts.
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