happy single-awareness day, s.a.d. for short

it's that time of year again.!
when love/like/infatuation is in the air.
when stores are decked out with red and pink decorations, balloons, stuffed animals, and countless bouquets.
when a heart-shaped box of chocolate (or better yet, diamond jewelry) can buy affection.
when mass pda is occurring everywhere you look.
when single people feel like utter crap.

this year is different, though.
i've come to realize that, as of now, i don't really want to be in a relationship.
or rather, it's not that i don't want to be in a relationship, but i don't NEED to be in one.
i don't need the extra stress, or attention, or vulnerability.
i can barely handle my friendships these days, so i don't even know how i would go about managing a relationship.
and seeing all the skin-deep, shallow ones around me doesn't really make me more optimistic about young love :P
(not that i don't know any admirable couples. they're just rare, that's all.)

so i think i am okay, being single as always on v-day.
i am complete, all by myself.

“Never say that someone completes you. We have to feel whole even when we are by ourselves, for needing a certain someone is not love, but dependency. Wanting a person to become a part of your life is the best reason for having them, and you can only want when you know you have enough. So rather than search for that someone who will complete you, wait for the person who will complement your completeness.”