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So how do I really feel about being single this year?
To be honest, I’m not quite sure. I’m expecting to feel lonely and sad, but who knows if I will. Last year when I was ‘in a relationship’ I hardly saw my other half over Christmas - and I wasn’t too bothered - but maybe that was because our relationship was coming to an end at that point. Nonetheless, I’m hoping I won’t join the ranks of the single and lonely at Christmas: but to me, Christmas is a couple’s holiday – maybe even more so than Valentine’s Day. All of those opportunities to go to a lovely carol concert or to take a stroll in the snow, or cuddle up in bed when it is too cold to get up.
And you are constantly reminded that you are, in fact, single. That constant reminder comes in the form of the loved-up couples you see around every day. Even as I write this, sat in the train station, there is a couple across from me cuddling and kissing and generally looking happy. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not a couple-hater (my friends may disagree), but these people sometimes act as a constant reminder of your less-than-in-love status.
If worst comes to worst I have a plan on how I will stop myself being lonely.
Firstly, I am going to work all the hours I can get. My job will definitely keep me busy this holiday season: I have already got 54 hours of work planned for this first week – and that is including a day off. A twelve-hour shift on Christmas Eve will hopefully allow me to forget how I usually spend it – exchanging presents with my boyfriend and watching Christmas movies in bed all day.
Secondly, I plan to spend a lot of time with my parents. They’ve really been there for me this term, and I am definitely grateful to them, thus I will make up for all their help by spending every free minute chatting to them, or going shopping with them, or driving them around wherever they want to go.
Thirdly - seeing the friends. Thank God I still have one single friend back home; this way, when everyone else is talking about how perfect their guy is, me and her can just have a good time without the constant texting/checking up on/swooning over one guy. While a part of me is petrified of having a mass group night out on New Year’s Eve, the other part of me is excited about me and my single friend showing the rest of the group how single girls party.
Lastly, I am going to relax. After an incredibly stressful term, I definitely need a wind down. I am going to drink hot chocolate by the fire, whilst getting lost in a good book – something I am unable to allow myself to do in term time.
And I am going to get some sleep. After all, there is nothing better than sleeping in your own bed, in your own house, surrounded by loving family members at Christmas.
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