Okay, now the football hype is over, the real commercial part of February starts. I shouldn’t really say it waited until the football hype was over. Valentine’s Day is what I am talking about and the stores where I live put out Valentine’s candy, cards and other items as they were marking down the Christmas items on December 26th.

The question is, how does the average single person deal with all the Valentine’s hype? Everyone is talking romance, flowers, candy, cards, dates, couples. What does the single person do?

I happen to be in a particularly bad position. I have six kids and am single. This means my kids want to celebrate Valentine’s Day but I don’t really care. I buy the cute little hearts for them. I buy Valentine’s cards for them. Sometimes, I even buy flowers, but for me.

Does the single person who is not in a relationship ignore the holiday? How can you, and I am sure that some people have perfected this as not everyone in the world celebrates Christmas or not everyone celebrates it the way the retail industry wants you to, ignore the onslaught of “stuff” geared towards the public? Are you suddenly not a part of the “public?”