The thing about this occasion is that while it’s fair to say it puts often-unhealthy romantic pressures on everyone, from long term married couples to single folks to developing adolescents and everyone in between, it also carries a host of secondary pressures and toxic messages as well.

Here we are, the middle of January, where unrealistic and deficit-based New Year resolutions go to die, but not before they’ve made you feel like a quitter or failure. You don’t need that in your life!