Love and Style

While I have been unattached and not looking to mingle for a long time, I have been spending some time thinking about what I want long term. I've never wanted to be married. I've never wanted to be a mother. These things make dating...interesting. I'm also not sure about living with another person. I have lived alone since I was 17 with the exception of two semesters with roommates in college and a couple of stints back home after college. But more importantly, how do you manage having a life with someone else and your own life? I think this is the bigger concern. I'm very independent. I enjoy solo living. I'm not fearful of commitment. I don't want to commit. I don't mean that as in I want to be with multiple people at once. I don't. I mean it as in when I'm with someone it's because I want to be with them in that moment. I don't know what I'll want in one, five, or twenty years. If I want something else, I want to be able to pursue it. I just think that forever is unreal.

Anyway, Valentine's Day is Wednesday. There's no need to wait until you have a partner to enjoy a commercial holiday. If your friends have other plans, that shouldn't be a reason to not do something that you want to do. What I'm trying to say is - enjoy your own company. Go buy yourself some good chocolates. Have drinks or dinner at the new spot you've been eyeing. If you want to celebrate, don't let anything stop you. If you don't want to celebrate, don't. It's just that simple.

I don't own much red or pink. I'm more understated than overt and I'm not ultra feminine. Here are some looks I would don for V-Day.