When Love Hurts

Deconstructing the Valentine's Day Script

Valentine’s Day can be the hardest day of the year.

Not because you’ve done anything wrong, and not because you’re missing something everyone else seems to have. It’s hard because the day carries a story—a story about love, worth, belonging, and what a “good life” is supposed to look like. And when your real life doesn’t match that story, the gap can fee…