Not so fluent in Love

I don’t really celebrate Valentine’s Day- not because I don’t want to but because I’m single or the guys I date seem to lack that romantic sparkle.

Okay, let’s take that again ……

I do celebrate Valentine’s Day, but by myself, last year I bought myself a cake, dinner and some sparkling ✨juice✨ and fun fact - I was dating someone. I got him a couple things, including a single rose, some candy, and half of a keychain…… simp much?

I’m the type of person who allows my actions to speak; I enjoy letting people ‘feel’ that I love them …… more so because words of affirmation are not my forte.

At the moment, I didn’t really care that I didn’t get anything or that we didn’t ’celebrate’ together, but now..... I’m side-eying myself ….. cuz where did we pick up this *selfless love attitude from?

*I don’t like it, and it’s not happening again.

I deserve to FEEL appreciated as much as I appreciate myself.

Let’s look at it from the other pov (point of view) - he was the type of person who preferred words-seeing that his love language was ‘words of affirmation’ - the single rose that I felt was so romantic probably had no effect on him.

Conversations and compromise are a vital part of relationships. This probably was a classic case of loving in my love language and not my partners. Better luck next time?

Have fun today- if you’re in a relationship, try loving your partner in their love language, not yours & tell me how it goes 😋

And for all my single people- love yourself a little extra today (in your love language, ofc)

***This is by NO means an excuse for the lazy, laid back people who don’t value others and never put in effort 😒