There is still time! Get ready for Valentine’s Day… or not.

As Valentine’s Day approaches, people are often confronted with a mix of feelings. Those in relationships usually love it: they go out, buy presents, cards, flowers, and chocolates… Anyway, they celebrate in the best possible way. But those who are not dating anyone, can end up feeling lonely or left out. On the other hand, they feel happy for not having this commitment and end up celebrating with friends or what’s usually called a ‘singles night out’.
With this day in mind, I spoke with a few different people of differing ages to give you some good tips on what to (or not to) do for this so called ‘Day of Love’.
Chatting about this topic with a single male colleague led to a point where he said that his dreams were to have a partner, to get married and have a family. He couldn’t bear the fact that he was going to spend another Valentine’s day all by himself. Okay, fair enough you are lonely and all but this ‘couldn’t bear the fact’ sounds a bit desperate. I tried to cheer him up and encourage him to do things with friends, but instead he looked at me with a disbelieving look on his face as if I had said something outrageous.
Options to be with the loved ones, or with friends, are endless. In a city like London, the opportunities and deals are some of the best you can find. For example, you could go watch a famous musical like Chicago or Les Misérables.  Every booking made by the 16th of February gets a free night in any of the 3 stars hotel listed, and all tickets are discounted by 20%!
If you’ve ever said that you don’t know what to do for Valentine’s Day, you’re not trying hard enough. Everywhere you go to, either on the streets, or online, there is a flood of deals, packages and promotions.
Speaking to my friend Juliana, over a coffee at Costa’s recently she quickly answered: “Well, it depends on what you are looking for on Valentine’s Day really! If you want to get laid, bring your partner to Babbo restaurant, a good romantic Italian meal follow by a free glass of champagne then back to his or hers! Or, if it’s your first date and you don’t want to head home quite yet, go to Cuckoo club for a great night out listening to the latest hits on the dance floor.”
Actually those tips are not bad at all and I think I would fancy the first option. A night out for an Italian meal seems quite romantic and easy.
But what about those couples with babies and kids? How do they celebrate? Do they have time for that? For that answer I had to call my good friend Anna to find out. She just had her third baby and her life seems to be nothing but, nappies, baby food, overnight shifts, and crying… Needless to said she did laugh out loud and say: “What? Valentine’s day? I haven’t known what that means in years!” Fair enough, her life is completely different from 5 years ago where she and her husband had all the time in the world for themselves.
So if you are in a relationship, you are a single soul, or have a huge family to take care of, there is always something enchanting you could be doing with your loved ones, either a nice cooked dinner at home by candle light or a simple ice cream at Marina Ice in Camden. Staying in or going out doesn’t matter, as long as it is in the name of Love, it’s all-good.