Love isn’t just chocolate and roses, and Valentine’s day isn’t just for couples. This Valentine’s day show love to your friends, family and strangers, by opening your heart to the little pleasures of life.
Here are some ways to spread some platonic love this Valentines.
Call or text an old friend
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Catch up with an old friend and let them know you still care and think about them. It might feel awkward to reach out if you’ve lost touch, but trust me, they’ll appreciate the effort. No one with a good heart will judge you for wanting to chat and reconnect. Who knows, maybe you’ll rekindle an amazing friendship, that you would’ve otherwise missed out on!
Buy Valentines-y gifts for your friends
Go to a drug store and pick up some cheap chocolates, a teddy bear and a card. Wrap it all up in a cute heart-shaped box and gift it to a friend. Now neither of you will have Valentine’s day FOMO. You’ve got each other.
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It’s all just a huge marketing ploy anyways!
Bring a coffee to a loved one
You can brighten up a loved one’s day with the small gesture of buying them a coffee. Is your friend cramming for their midterms? Or is your mom bored at home? Bring them a coffee or tea, and let them know you care.
Little efforts like these mean more than any big expensive gift. (Unless anyone’s planning on getting me a big expensive gift, then ignore that)
Bake for your friends
You know the expression “cooked with love”? Yeah? Do that.
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Put on some music, get on your apron and bake some Valentine’s themed cupcakes or cookies for your friends and family. Get snazzy with your decorations, shapes, and colours. Let your heart and creativity flow.
You could even hand-deliver them to everyone, that would make anyone’s day 10000x better.
You don’t need a s/o to celebrate this capitalist-constructed day of love. As Hugh Grant once said in a Christmas movie, (not a Valentine’s Day movie, unfortunately.)
“If you look for it, I’ve got a sneaky feeling you’ll find that love actually is all around.”