Talkin' 'bout my girls

Fort Wayne Monthly, February 2009

BY JULIANNE WILL

Ah, Valentine’s Day. Love is in the air. Also on the air are countless advertisements for roses and diamonds and chocolate, featuring fairy-tale couples holding hands. It would all be so touching if it didn’t make you want to gag.

Yes, the holiday of hearts and flowers is marketed toward couples, and single people who buy into it can feel like “L” is not for “love” but for “loser.” Despite what advertisers would have you believe, however, you are still cool and worthy even if you don’t receive a sugar-laden box of assorted chocolate joy from your guy on Valentine’s Day.

In fact, you have lots to celebrate on that special day, including the sistas with whom you kick it most other Saturdays. Let this not be day of hiding at home or lamenting your lovelorn life: Love the ones you’re with.

Here are three very different ways to celebrate the day with the people in your life who won’t let you settle for Mr. Date-You-Till-He-Finishes-School-Gets-a-Job-and-Dumps-You. Let’s hear it for the girls.

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