For Valentine’s Day, we’re celebrating the breakups that shaped us, in all their messy glory. Because love is just as much about heartbreak as it is about romance. Read all the stories from our Love Bites series here.As heart-shaped cut-outs overwhelm corner stores around the country, and lovers run around town buying last minute gifts for each other, you, a single person, may begin to feel as if you are missing out on something—and it may be so. Videos by VICEBut did you ever stop to think that maybe those people, the ones running about town in the bitter cold of early February emptying their wallets for someone who could very well be their enemy by the time the sun shows its face again, are themselves missing out on something you enjoy everyday? That is, being beholden to no one but yourself?Your time is yours, your money is yours, your apartment, your hoodies, your affection—all yours. As Valentine’s Day approaches, comes, and passes, I implore you to give being single some credit....
