February 14^th—the dreaded day of ripped paper hearts and wilted red roses—24 infamous hours of sickly sweet moments for those with a significant other. Although one of the millions of love-sick teenagers planning a forever in an unsteady world, Tunstall is long overdue for a vaccination to repel all the corny pick-up lines spewing from our generation’s mouths. Valentine’s Day is known to be hated by the forever-single cat ladies of this world, but here’s a list of reasons why it isn’t the best of times for the rest of us either.

Unless your current location is under a rock, chances are you’ve seen the millions of chocolate and teddy bear displays in Walmart, drug stores, and basically anywhere procrastinators can get last minute deals. That’s one of the main problems with the holiday, it’s everywhere. Although it may have started off as a cute idea to share your feelings with the ones you love, it’s turned into a franchise for card companies and businesses. Why wait for a random day in February to express your feelings why show your love in over-priced glitter glue and jumbo –sized stuffed animals?

Social media benefits from any holiday, from Christmas posts about gifts to famous hashtags honoring the Easter Bunny, but not even Donald Trump’s immigration wall could stop the flood of couple selfies and mushy love quotes to be expected on Valentine’s Day. It’s an obvious time for singletons to stay off Facebook and Instagram, but the rest of us don’t want to see it either. We know you’re cute together, we know he means the world to you, but why not express your emotions in person? Wait a few years—the new hit thing for relationships will be to text each other your “I do’s” from across the aisle.

Depending on the brand of personality, girls can be hard to please. Some of us could be happy with a cheap gift from the heart, but in other cases you better be bending down on one knee with a blue necklace box from Tiffany’s. The pressure to give the right present is a little ridiculous, no matter the gender you’re buying for—flowers to wilt in a few days, chocolates to bring out acne, and teddy bears to serve as a replacement for your cuddle buddy. On the flip side of things, men aren’t as hard to buy for, but the gifts run the same course—chocolates, entertainment so they can ignore you, or cutesy love notes to be thrown on their nightstand to collect dust.

Another wonderful element of Valentine’s Day is the pressure to look nice. Whether it is a suit or a pretty lace dress, February 14 inspires the mind to look good for your significant other. If only the expectations placed forth from society didn’t inspire the mind to look like a super model or actor, leaving the day with a gray haze of insecurity.

Past elementary school, Valentine’s Day hasn’t been all it’s cracked up to be. The cards were simple and cute, plastered with a variety of cartoon characters and silly sayings. Candy and chocolate was distributed and received by all, and there was no pressure because you didn’t have a Valentine. Since the days of kindergarten through third grade, Valentine’s Day has turned into a marketed day to make those #foreversingle feel bad about themselves and pressure the rest of us into celebrating our relationships only once a year.