Anti-Valentine’s cards for singles everywhere
Contrary to common perception, single people don’t tend to wallow around in their PJs eating ice-cream (or if they do, it’s not *because* they’re single). But if ever there was an occasion to break out the Ben and Jerry’s, it’s the countdown to Valentine’s Day.
This annual festival of mass-produced romance love is pretty much guaranteed to make single people feel bad about themselves. Everywhere you go, garish hearts and sappy sentiments follow, in a consumerist frenzy that seems entirely blind to the fact that a.) Many people are genuinely happier alone and b.) a teddy bear bearing the slogan “Be Mine” is hardly the key to lust-fuelled passion in any case.
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As for being alone on V-Day itself, it’s surely better than simpering over a plate of underdone spaghetti, with the weight of expectation looming unbearably large between you and your amour (it’s no coincidence that many couples fight on this day of ultimate romantic pressure).
So, if you feel as cynical as we do about the approach of cupid’s calendar highlight, take heart in our pick of classic anti-Valentine’s cards. From the heartwarming to the hilarious, these on-point greetings are everything you need to reclaim your single life in style:
Say it like it is
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Hit the bottle
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Singletons, unite
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Every cloud…
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In it together
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Get whiskey’d away
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Reclaim the day
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Paw-fectly fine
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Oh so filthy
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#TrueStory
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Spread the love
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Alone together
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Make tea not love
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Cynics, ahoy
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All the good stuff
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Trade romance for travel
Forget finding romance and make meaningful connections in real life, with these epic adventures:
Eat, stay, love in mind-blowing Bali
Celebrate being single in the land of Samba
Discover life amid the happiest nation on earth
Be seduced by some seriously good food in Sicily
This country has its own eat-alone restaurants
Fuel your passion for beach life in South Africa