I ASSOCIATE Valentine's Day with three things:

• People complaining that Valentine's Day is overly commercialised
• Couples posting photos of generic Valentine's gifts on social media (which is the source of negativity by the people who think Valentine's Day is overly commercialised)
• Single people complaining about,  well… being single

This is aimed at the last point.

To all the single people out there who have made any sort of complaint about not having someone to express your "love" to on February14: cheer up.

Being single isn't that bad.

Oh who am I kidding … it's actually awesome.

And this is coming from someone who is a serial singleton.

I am that single friend who is just always single.

Heck, if my calculations are correct, I think I'm the only single journalist in Hervey Bay.

Even if I wasn't single (which is humorous to even suggest), I don't know how Valentine's Day would be anything special? The concept of showing how much you love someone on a day that was created by a greeting card company just feels a bit forced.

Despite my non-existent relationship status, I have many important people in my life like my parents, brother, close friends and pets.

I think it's important to show people (and animals) how much you care about them all-year round.

If you do just want someone to shower with gifts, it can be a family member or a friend.

Or you could take your dog for a walk to remind them how much you love them.

So what am I doing as a single person on Valentines?

I wish it sounded crazy but I'm having a normal day of work, exercise, and finishing off with a gossip session with my housemate.

And there is a Valentine's Day monkey that says "I love you" when you press its tummy that I saw at a supermarket that I need to buy for myself.