Richmond.com Column: Singles Survival Guide for Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner, and if you’re single, it can be a pretty daunting holiday.

Check out this week’s Caroline’s Plate column on Richmond.com for some tips on surviving Singles Awareness Day!

Fast forward almost a century and S.A.D. still haunts singletons each February, drowning us in doilies, candy hearts, and greeting cards. We’re incessantly reminded that “every kiss begins with Kay,” some chump went to Jared, and the Overstock.com lady is still living the good life (a gorgeous husband, cute kid, diamond earrings, breakfast in bed, her favorite flowers and a spot on TV. Some broads get all the luck.) To make matters worse, it’s virtually impossible to get a dinner reservation anywhere decent. Your only real option is a bland Lean Cuisine, sappy movies and a handle of cheap vodka, all by your lonesome. Right? Wrong!

Though I absolutely loath Valentine’s Day with the fire of a thousand suns, I’ve vowed never again to wallow in self pity. I’ve been there, done that, and it wasn’t pretty.

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