Valentine’s Day: Instagram vs. Reality

Valentine’s Day: glittery little red heart confetti, chocolate-covered strawberries, sweet-smelling roses and an abundance of Instagram photos. These are just a few of the many things that are prevalent on Valentine’s Day but, hey, sometimes it can get overwhelming when all you see in stores are sparkly pink and red cards and trending themes over social media. Whether you’re single or not around this time of year, it can have it’s benefits. And also it’s downfalls.

There can be certain elements of over-sharing Valencia-filtered photos but it can be also just be nice to spend some quality time with the ones you love!

Take a look at these Instagram versus reality posts. Filtered and all.

1. Instagram

A photo posted by Sarah Drew (@sar_bear3321) on Jan 10, 2015 at 8:31pm PST

Reality

2. Instagram

A photo posted by Jenny H. (@jenny_who) on Feb 20, 2014 at 5:53pm PST

Reality

3. Instagram

A photo posted by G E L O ✖️ (@needyoulikegelo) on Feb 13, 2015 at 4:21pm PST

Reality

4. Instagram

A photo posted by @disneyweddings on Feb 2, 2015 at 11:14am PST

Reality

“Large pizza for one, please.”

5. Instagram

A photo posted by ℳя. £αяяγ (@thaworldthrumyeyes) on Dec 27, 2014 at 9:02am PST

Reality

6. Instagram

A photo posted by TheSweetShopNYC (@thesweetshopnyc) on Feb 13, 2015 at 6:31am PST

Reality

7. Instagram

A photo posted by KIO CARDS (@kio.cards) on Jan 10, 2015 at 5:10pm PST

Reality

8. Instagram

A photo posted by chihiroc (@chihiroc) on Feb 14, 2015 at 12:27am PST

Reality

9. Instagram

A photo posted by Rachel Marie (@therachelcarson) on Feb 14, 2015 at 12:16am PST

Reality

Treat yo self to some cheesy rom-com. And you don’t have to pay $8 for it!

10. Instagram

A photo posted by @xxyg23xx on Feb 14, 2015 at 1:02am PST

Reality

11. Instagram

A photo posted by Mandarin Oriental DC (@mo_washingtondc) on Jan 6, 2015 at 11:19am PST

Reality

But there’s one thing that is undeniable, whether it’s visually enhanced with a filter or not: chocolate is great.

A photo posted by Erica T. (@hoodiesandheels) on Jan 10, 2015 at 5:20pm PST

And if all else fails (yes even chocolate), just check out this video of a dog strutting down the street with a rose in its mouth:

A video posted by jiff (@jiffpom) on Feb 13, 2015 at 2:25pm PST

Happy Valentine’s Day!