What’s that suffocating feeling in the air? This devastating feeling that makes your stomach turn, your body cringe, and your throat dry? Oh wait, that disgusting feeling could be the absence of love. Valentine’s Day is an overpriced cliché created in February, it can make everyone feel some type of pressure, whether it’s looking for the perfect gift or being reminded that being single has its downsides.

It’s kind of a known fact that single people don’t enjoy Valentine’s Day, but why? It might not be because being single sucks, it just so happens to remind us that we’re single and the national holiday is a big slap in the face.

Let’s not forget there’s PDA everywhere, it’s disturbing and nauseating. Couples won’t care if you’re watching; they’ll be more than happy to show off their significant other. They might think that single people receive a bittersweet feeling when we see them making out, but we actually get grossed out. I’m glad you found someone that makes you feel great, but please take the love somewhere else.

Not only are couple’s showing too much love and affection with presents and plenty of PDA, but every time you enter a store, you are nearly assaulted with Valentine’s Day-themed decorations, gifts, and candy. All you see are the colors red, white, and pink; whether it’s on decorations or people wearing those colors. I don’t know about you but I actually start to hate those colors by the end of the month. Oh well, I’ll still be wearing black unlike the rest of y’all.

However, there are couples that dislike Valentine’s Day as much as some singles do. Let’s be honest, some couples don’t even bother to buy each other presents unless it’s Valentine’s Day. They accept the gifts with a smile, but really they’re probably thinking “Oh great, you’re giving me flowers out of expectations, I would actually appreciate these more if you gave them to me any other day.” Besides presents tend to say a certain statement sometimes like, “I’m a tangible object demonstrating that this is how much money your love means to me.”

Let’s not forget all the candy you have to eat, I mean I have some friends that are on a diet and if I even offer them a donut, they complain while eating it. “Summer is only four months away, I can’t afford to ruin my waistline anymore,” they said. “You’re being incredibly rude, I have no willpower and you know that.”

If you don’t want your stupid candy, give it to single people; the gift will be a nice surprise as long as you don’t mention that someone else bought it for you.

This might seem like an insult but I’ll be honest, couples can act pretty fake towards each other on the 14th. You should realize it’s impolite to act beyond sweet and romantic on a national holiday that expects you to act like that, and then be completely rude for the remainder of the 364 days, if y’all even last that long. I mean can a gift really make up for the pointless argument he started a couple days ago. I can’t even stress this fact enough, let’s be completely honest, you would rather sit on a couch with them eating wings and pizza while watching a comedy or action film than at a crowded expensive restaurant.

I’ll admit Valentine’s Day has its benefits, the flowers are beautiful and the candy is delicious. I bet for couples, the kissing is actually quite nice, the food in crowded expensive restaurants does usually taste better than the pizza you can eat any other day of the year. Besides whether you’re in a committed relationship or flying solo, you are reminded that there are people that love you despite your mood swings and rudeness; they might be acting extra sweet and a little fake that day but they love you!

Unfortunately, all those benefits don’t make up for the fact that Valentine’s day sucks because it’s an annoying celebration added just to waste your time and money. Why don’t you spend money for people on March 26? It’s a good random date with no significance whatsoever. (Unless it’s your birthday in that case, happy early birthday!)