In Tweets: 5 ways students celebrated #Valentine’s Day

Yesterday was February 14th, Valentine’s Day. In some countries, entire malls turned pink in its honour while other countries like Indonesia have banned students from celebrating, saying it encourages casual sex and goes against its culture.

Even within pro-Valentine’s Day countries, there are those who love it and those who do not. Some see it as the most romantic day of the year, but for others, V-Day is another grossly commercialised holiday. But what is undeniable is that love is in the air with many creative ways to celebrate it, from holding a ‘Love Parade’ at Delhi University to remembering a beloved football coach in Reinhardt University.

But how did students celebrate this romantic day? We combed through Twitter to see how students put their spin on V-Day.

Here are the results:

1. For the single ladies, they treated themselves and rightfully so.

Definitely going to treat myself to. Valentines present this year – with the stress of uni I 100% deserve it ☺️

— Emma Brooks (@Brookers_E) February 2, 2017

2. The lucky ones got to spend time with their precious puppies, but some were too far away to be with their best friends.

Gonna be at uni on valentines day which is sad bc I won't be able to go on a cute date with the loml aka my dog 🙁

— becca 🦆 (@circIess) February 1, 2017

https://twitter.com/falafem_/status/826554435992182784

3. Some couples in college were too broke to spend lavishly.

My boyfriend and I decided to celebrate valentines day on the 15th so that we can get candy really cheap. Broke college kids😁

— Sarizzzleee (@sahdonsky) February 6, 2017

https://twitter.com/Shupweme/status/827764511180480512

4. Though some did not let their lack of dollars prevent them from being really (and unconventionally) sweet to their other half.

😂. RT @NoChill4D: Too all broke niggas who wanna join me I'm going to the graveyard to pickup flowers to give my girl for valentines
✊✊

— OmtatahThe6th (@_vee_k) February 14, 2017

5. Best of all, some were giving love and help to those who needed them the most through charity.

https://twitter.com/SwanUniCOAH/status/831099189870358529

With so many ingenious ways to show love, everyday should be Valentine’s Day!

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