(1/?) I wrote a big long thing about Valentine’s Day and romantic relationships and self love but it was convoluted and messy so here’s the bullet points, in no particular order:

(2) ⁃just because you don’t love yourself yet doesn’t mean you can’t be loved by others, that’s a weirdly backwards corruption of the concept that you need to love yourself from with other before trying to force yourself you find self love through others.

(3) Just because you’re still learning to love yourself doesn’t mean you’re unlovable.
⁃Romantic partners come and go. The relationship ends or they die. Ultimately, we are our only ride or die.

(4) ⁃Fall in love with yourself. Take yourself on a date. Buy yourself flowers. Even if you hate yourself PRETEND like your in love with yourself, just try for one day. Do for yourself the things you’d do for someone you were courting.
⁃You and your worth are not defined

(5) by your romantic partners. Full stop.
⁃Romantic love is nice, but platonic love is critical
⁃You’re not alone in feeling lonely and overwhelmed, especially this year. We’re coming up on a year of this chaos, feeling lonely and isolated, especially on Valentine’s

(6, end) Day, is very very normal. Keep in mind the state of the world when questioning your relationship status right now.
⁃No matter what, I love you, I think you have something amazing inside of you even if you don’t. Im really glad you’re here. And I hope you stay.