Dating Guide: 10 Great Things About Being Single on Valentine's Day
Did Cupid pass you by this V-Day?
By Diana Vilibert for Cosmopolitan
Photo: Peter Yang
Updated: May 22, 2009
1.
It's a great excuse to get crazy with your closest girlfriends. Not
that we need an excuse.
2.
You can spend it with the hottest, funniest, and smartest person you
know -- you.
3.
There's no better night to pick up guaranteed-
single men at the
bar.
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4.
You can see if you really can make it through the whole winter without
shaving your legs.
5.
You don't have to listen to anyone's "Valentine's Day is just a made-up
commercial holiday, blah blah blah" speech.
6.
It's the perfect day to blow your New Year's resolution to eat healthy
by buying yourself a box of chocolates -- Godiva, not
supermarket-brand.
7.
There's no better time to practice some self-love with a shopping
spree.
8.
You're not spending it with that idiot you spent last Valentine's Day
with.
9.

It's perfectly
acceptable to spend the day working late and to eat Chinese take-out for
dinner in your extra-large fleece
pajamas.
It's perfectly
acceptable to spend the day working late and to eat Chinese take-out for
dinner in your extra-large fleece
pajamas.
10.
You don't have to smile through gritted teeth when you get novelty underwear as a gift.
Reprinted with permission of Hearst Communications, Inc.
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