Valentine’s Day was way better in the 5th Grade

With the increasing pressure to “not be single” on February 14th, it’s hard to find someone who will make this day more memorable than all the other days of the year.

In college you’re reminded constantly you are alone, but when we were in grade school Cupid still existed.
To start off you actually got stuff on Valentines day. I mean even your mom slipped you an extra chocolate or two in your lunch bag. You were guaranteed some action from your crush even if he had to give a valentine to everyone. A card and a candy from your 11 year old heart throb? Yes please.
Your friends in 5th grade always got you something whether it was a valentine with stickers or chocolate. Valentine’s Day was basically the second Halloween of the school year with all the free goodies we used to get. Now my friends won’t even grab me a bag of Ferrero Rocher I was drooling over at CVS. (You know who you are.)
Not to mention everyone was single and getting married by the monkey bars doesn’t count. And let’s not forget to thank the soccer moms for supplying Publix Cookies every year because you already know I didn’t bring s**t.
Wearing a million hearts wasn’t over doing it. My Limited Too pink shirt, my Justice heart print skirt, and my red light up Sketchers? I slayed Valentine’s Day.

I was proud to say my Dad was my Valentine and now my Mom will be mine because she knows I feel #singleAF. And thank God Disney never made a Valentine’s Day movie. Even though all their movies revolved around true love. Except Frozen, go girl power!
There was never any awkward PDA happening in 5th grade. I mean cooties may have still been a thing but, there was no one rubbing it in your face that you didn’t have a boyfriend. There was never any pressure to create the “perfect day” for your significant other either. I mean come on $50 dinner reservations?

Think about how many burritos you can buy with that (It’s eight just so you know).

You never had to watch The Notebook and cry over how Ryan Gosling was the perfect man. Yes I will be a bird if you want to be a bird Ryan.

In all honesty I wish holidays still had the same glow they had when we were young but, for now I’m pooling cash to stock up on all the “After Valentines Day” candy sales.