Singles Valentine's week in a nutshell

 

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Valentine’s week is not the best period to be solo, everything reminds you of how lonely you are, from flowers paraded far and wide in supermarkets, clever sales ensure the flowers are at the very front, you know that display used for kinder joys, meant to entice children.

 It works they demand before shopping starts; as if that is not enough torture, they add red flickering lights and some soft music so seducing you might find yourself buying one only to remember on reaching home that you have no one to give, you boldly decide to surprise yourself.

Mama mbogas decide to take advantage earn the extra cash, take the day a bit too far by selling those plastic cards and flowers with some love note scribbled and a small bear talking, words you can’t really comprehend because of the dying battery probably had been talking the whole day, sure as your birth date is a love message, hurriedly you buy Sukuma and leave before she suggests you get your partner one.

You board a Matatu home, flowers and cards are all over the place, hawkers try their best to sweet talk you to buy one, angrily you send them off, you not angry at them but yourself, you now questioning yourself why everyone is so into the lover’s day, why don’t anyone love you them you remember your mother and to calm yourself you promise to call her immediately you get home.

TVs and radio station don’t seem to have anything better to talk about, everything including news is about love, shows have this amazing couples as guests talking about how they are celebrating their 10^th anniversary and there you are, almost turning 30 years and have never celebrated a single anniversary with a mother’s child, who bewitched you!

Irritated you opt for social media, ha! From frying pan into fire, should we just say Sulphur fire? I hear Sulphur is very hot! what is awaiting sinners in hell repent! away from preaching you run into gift shops, florists advertising their hampers escorted by four Cousins red wine, people have been asking what is special about the wine, arguably it is the most drank cheap wine now you know why, look at me here teaching you something new every time, coach right here.

Couples right, left and centre with matching red attires, you are left wondering when people fall in love that deeply and what could possibly be wrong with you, some are even on vacation.

What is left for singles is to judge, you start analyzing who are the best dressed, which couple’s shoot was done by a professional photographer, which couple looks unhappy and the possibility of them breaking up after the D-day, who has a different partner from last years valentine’s and finally tell yourself  that day still has 24hours so nothing is special about it. Bitter souls!

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               HAPPY VALENTINES LOVES!