Hearing single bells this year? Thrive solo with our tips to navigate the holidays.
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Ah, the holidays. Too much food, too much wine, too much of Mom asking when you'll find a man, get married, buy a house, have kids. You may be single for the holidays, but that doesn't mean you have to grin and bear the smug marrieds, as that fab singleton Miss Bridget Jones calls them. Here are nine ways to get through the holiday season when you're flying solo.
Treat yourself
"I always encourage people to take care of themselves, first and foremost," says Rebecca Rosenblatt, a certified relationship and sexuality therapist, and host of Between the Sheets on the W Network. "Go and buy that perfect outfit, the one that makes you feel good about yourself, that makes you want to dance."
Get outside
Don't stay holed up in your home watching the holidays pass you by. Two weeks before Christmas, Paula Krulicki, a print production and marketing associate in Toronto, headed out to get a coffee and noticed an attractive man standing outside a shop window. "Like any reserved, self-conscious, lone female, I went about passing him by," she explains. "He, however, turned to me and asked, 'Hey, do you think this perfume would make a nice Christmas gift?'" After speaking for a few minutes, they grabbed a coffee together -- and have been dating ever since.
If you enjoy caroling, join a local choir; you can belt out the tunes and raise holiday spirit. If you love to shop, become a personal shopper for the season. Believe it or not, there are people out there who despise shopping; you'll help them by taking over the gift list and you'll make some extra cash in the process.
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