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Worst things about Valentine’s Day in NYC

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  • It's New York. It's February. It's cold. We're in the part of the year where activities include hibernating and basically nothing else.
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  • You just made it through the deluge of New Year's Eve proposals, but here come the stragglers, ready to pop the question in jam-packed restaurants on Feb. 14. Can't we enjoy our tiramisu in peace without having to put down our forks and applaud random strangers' life decisions?
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  • Those garbage candy hearts cost how much? With nauseating slogans like, us to take these bags of candy off their hands. Do your wallet a favor and surprise your sweetheart with candy on Feb. 15, when it’s practically free again.” data-id=”111344386″ data-link=”https://amnewyork.wpengine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/16383_image.jpg” class=”wp-image-1.11344386″/>
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  • Oh, you dodged a bullet not getting reservations? Great work. Now you get to work on a single square foot of counter space to cook up the most romantic meal of your life, for two.
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  • If you live in New York, you probably have a roommate. And that roommate is probably single and moping about it on Valentine's Day. So if you planned a romantic night at home, we hope you're ready to pull up an extra chair for your roommate, who will do everything but make himself scarce on Valentine's Day.
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  • Not only is your budget recovering from all that shopping for other people you did in December, but you're still finding a place for all those really nice gifts you received. More crap? Lovely.
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  • Valentine's Day is the perfect opportunity for your annoying friends to post over-the-top romantic statuses about finding their soulmate/other half in the big, mean city, or whatever. Even worse, some of your friends may mark the day by posting a rambling Facebook post about self-love and female empowerment and blah blah blah. Stay off the Internet 'til March, if possible.
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  • Your single friend saved her annual breakdown for Valentine's Day, about an hour before your reservation for an overpriced prix-fixe meal. How convenient for you! Be sure to stock up on tissues ahead of Feb. 14, because the Wait, are you the single friend? Try to keep it together this year for the rest of us, wouldya?

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Cupid is definitely not a New Yorker.

In fact, if it were up to us, we’d make sure Cupid and Valentine’s Day stay far away from our fine city.

Who needs the overpriced dinners, candy and cards? Our wallets and sanity are still recovering from the holidays.

Here are some of the (many) reasons that Feb. 14 is one of the worst days in NYC.

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