Singles Awareness Day comes each year on Feb. 14. While couples make romantic dinner plans at expensive French restaurants, those without a significant other are left to wallow in their singleness.
 

So how does a single person survive the most romantic day of the year (as Hallmark would have you believe)?

Rent a Movie
No one is asking you to go out and immerse yourself in the lovey-doveyness of the most romantic day of the year. Instead stay at home, get your favorite flick and enjoy some alone time. Don’t forget the popcorn, and tissues, as it’s pretty well known that single people on Valentine’s Day can’t stop sobbing over their misfortune.
 

Catch Up on Your Shows
Who has time to watch their favorite TV shows when they actually air? Spend Valentine’s Day catching up on your favorite shows, like Lost or 30 Rock. This way, you can clean out your DVR while avoiding the mass PDA this day seems to require. Obviously, skip over the Valentine’s episodes (that the heartless networks have aired in spite of your singleness).

Make Plans With Other Single Friends
As the saying goes, misery loves company. Console each other or spend the evening making fun of those who did find a date. Either way, it’s sure to be fun. Maybe not as fun as if you had a date, but that’s the nature of Valentine’s Day—it is, after all, the most romantic day of the year.
 

Do Something That You’ve Been Meaning to Do
Clean your room. Clean the bathroom. Do laundry. As long as you’re staying in that night, why not get a few chores done? Plus, the laundry room is guaranteed to be empty. There’s perhaps one drawback: doing laundry on the most romantic day of the year is weird and lame.
 

Avoid all Restaurants, particularly the French Kind.
For some reason, French restaurants are très romantique. Singles are advised to stay away at all costs. Good food, wine and music can only lead to heartache. Eventually you’ll just end up sobbing over your duck.
 

If You Decide to See a Movie in the Theater…
Make sure it’s not that recently released romantic comedy. (This year, they seem to have run out of creativity as it’s named after the very day.) It’s best to stick with action-adventure movies or children’s movies—ones that aren’t considered “date movies”
 (hint: avoid anything starring Julia Roberts).
 

Spend Time in Fondren Studying
It couldn’t hurt.

Last But Not Least…
Pay no attention to my earlier suggestions. Valentine’s Day is just that: a day. Do whatever you want, and don’t let the “most romantic day of the year” stop you from doing something you’d really like to do just because you’re single.