Ah, Valentine's Day!

Thanks to the advertising and marketing industry, Valentine’s Day is a much dreaded day for those who are single and also to those who are committed.

To those who are committed, the hassles they have to face are pretty much less. They just have to follow the below 2 golden rules to have a smooth day.

1. Decide on a gift for your GF/BF/Finace and

2. Spend a lot of money apart form gifts on lunch/dinner/movie/party and you can be assured of having a smooth sail for the day.

It’s we singles who face the brunt of all that marketing blitzkrieg and our woes starts right from morning –

1. First we must choose a dress that doesn’t singularly denote any of the below colors. Better to wear a dress with multiple colors or patterns because, according to some-idiots-definition, the following colours stand for the following reasons –

Pink color dress - Going to propose (you will be thought of as someone desperate)
Orange color dress - Already in love (you will be thought of someone who is too easy to get)
Blue color dress - Applications welcomed (the most dangerous option)
Black color dress - Not interested in love (again a bad option, Trust me)
Yellow color dress - Failure in love (actually looks like a safe option, but beware you might termed as a loser)
Green color dress - Accepted a love (again judged as too easy to get)
Red color dress - Already booked ( booked ? is this some bus ticket ? )
White color dress - Double sided (Ok even I am not sure what this means)

So if you are one of those brave souls who don’t care about the above rules and can handle the winks/teasings from your friends, Hats off!

And to other mortal normal beings like me, we have to continue to step 2.

2. Ok so once you decide on the dress, make sure you don’t wear any new accessories on that day like watch/earrings/ties/perfumes etc. coz your Frenemies ( on feb 14th the Frenemies list includes friends/team-mates/project-mates/batch mates etc.) because they will have a field day ragging you about it.

3. Don’t ever make the mistake of being seen alone with a friend of opposite sex in a public place even though he/she is your best friend.

4. Always be on alert because on this day, will get a lot of false proposals from unknown mobile numbers/mails etc which would in fact be your friends playing pranks on you. So handle it with Élan and charisma and beat them at their own trick!

5. Never EVER say you are busy working when a friend pings or calls you out for a break! This is the most difficult trap to get out of!

6. And never make the mistake of going home late on a Valentine’s Day on account of work! There will be hell to pay for :)

Song I am listening to: Can't get you out of my head *WINKS*