I think loneliness is all in your head sometimes. You can be lonely in a room full of people, but you're not really alone. You can also be completely alone for days on end, but feel fine. I do this latter part a lot. Most of my friends don't get it, but sometimes I just don't want to be around people I know. I would take the latter approach to Valentine's Day if I were alone.

As it is, I didn't really want to celebrate it this year. Plans were made before I made my desires evident, so I decided to go along with them and also to do something nice for people I like.