Love from, Florence Grace

It's St. Valentine's Day today- the holiday of true lurrrve!  As I'm sure most of you will be aware, currently I am single, and this is my first Valentine's Day alone. Whilst I should have been on holiday in Bruges with someone I thought was my soul mate, I instead was at work and with my family, doing nothing romantic at all. But has it been sad? Absolutely not. Instead of celebrating Valentine's on just one day, my friends have allowed me to celebrate for the whole  weekend- something I never would have done with my previous partner, who slept more than he was awake. Yesterday, I met my best girl friend Bobbie in London for a lunch date and she surprised me with a bag full of gifts to make me smile as it was my "first valentine's without presents". In the evening, I went to the cinema with my two best boy friends, James and Alec. Today I was at work with my lovely work girls and then this evening I'm spending it having a meal with ...

As February 1st rolls around each year, you can always guarantee the Valentine's Day posts are going to begin. What with social media playing the huge role that it does in today's society, the main culprits can be found on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Shops are culprits too, sidekicks to each social media platform, with emails flooding in, offering you various discounts on special gifts for him or for her and deals on where to spend your day. However, each year I am left baffled over the posts about Valentine's Day. The vast majority of the posts that I read are entirely negative regarding the day.  Whilst these posts are mainly to generate a humorous response among friends, I can't help but find the whole thing quite bitter. The whole reason behind Valentine's Day is to share your love for someone. I won't bore you with the in depth origins, but if you're interested, you can read up here .  Now, I'm sure most of you will be thinking th...