{"id":8621,"date":"2017-02-10T20:52:25","date_gmt":"2017-02-10T20:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=8621"},"modified":"2017-02-10T20:52:25","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T20:52:25","slug":"single-persons-guide-to-surviving-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2017\/02\/10\/single-persons-guide-to-surviving-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Single person\u2019s guide to surviving Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Darrenlyn Braddy
\n<\/strong>Staff Writer\/MC301<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019re living single. It happens. Many endure Valentine\u2019s Day with no valentine. It happens to the best of us.<\/p>\n

Stores are filled with chocolate candies, teddy bears and other goodies, all reminding you that you are have no one to celebrate with.<\/p>\n

Jesse Love, a sophomore mathematics major from Jackson, Miss., plans to let a special person know he cares on this day.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor singles, V-Day is like an opportunity to tell that special someone you\u2019ve been eyeing how special they are to you. As far as my plans, I was gonna surprise the girl I\u2019ve had an eye on with candy and a bear at her door Valentine\u2019s day morning. I might have a hand-written letter explaining how special she is to me. I\u2019m hoping I can take her out to dinner somewhere, not anywhere fancy, or expensive. Just somewhere I can be next to her. That\u2019s all I would want to do, hopefully she doesn\u2019t have a Valentine already.\u201d<\/p>\n

Deion Fields, a senior biology pre-pharmacy major, doesn\u2019t celebrate Valentine\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t have plans. I think the day is important to women and men only participate to make women happy,\u201d said Fields.<\/p>\n

Kelly Rozier, a sophomore finance major from Chicago, Ill., plans to pass the time on this day with friends.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs of now, my plans are to chill in my room with friends. For the day as a whole, I think it\u2019s a great way to show your affection towards your significant other,\u201d said Rozier.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t have a great guy or girl to celebrate with on Tuesday the 14th? What do you do at a time like this? Here are some ideas on what to do on Valentine\u2019s Day when you\u2019re lacking a significant other.\u00a0 There are quite a few options.<\/p>\n

1. Watch stand up comedy: It\u2019s sort of a \u201claugh to keep from crying\u201d kind of thing. It could potentially distract you from feeling lonely on this day.<\/p>\n

2. Have a singles party: You are not the only single person around, believe me. You should gather up your single friends and have a party. You never know. You might just meet someone interesting.<\/p>\n

3. Treat yourself: Dance all night, you deserve it. Buy chocolates. Go to a spa. Do something nice for yourself. Be glad you won\u2019t have to fake a smile and thank someone for a cheap teddy bear or those dreadful chocolate covered cherries.<\/p>\n

4. Shoot your shot: There will be plenty of lonely people on social media tweeting, posting, tumbling, and snapping about how single they are. Be their knight in shining armor! Slide in the DMs and let someone know you are interested.<\/p>\n

5. Have a movie night: Whether you watch movies alone or with others, it will take at least an hour and thirty minutes out of this awful day. Enjoy it. PS. Avoid the \u2018Netflix and chill\u2019 lineup, it won\u2019t help.<\/p>\n

6. Go to the gym: You will feel better working on yourself. Even after a 30-minute walk on a treadmill, you are better than you were 30 minutes ago. Plus, you might meet someone hot that is also working on being better. Maybe you two can get better together!<\/p>\n

7. Read: You can read novels or magazines. Read scary stuff or funny stuff. Read all day or for an hour. It\u2019s a break from your day. Enjoy it.<\/p>\n

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Darrenlyn Braddy Staff Writer\/MC301 We\u2019re living single. It happens. Many endure Valentine\u2019s Day with no valentine. It happens to the best of us. Stores are filled with chocolate candies, teddy bears and other goodies, all reminding you that you are have no one to celebrate with. Jesse Love, a sophomore mathematics major from Jackson, Miss., […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-8621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-variety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8621\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}