Where is the love when you're single?

It’s officially the season of love. Card shops and supermarkets are overflowing with red coloured cards proclaiming undying love. The florists have been pulling allnighters and the perfume shops getting extra stock in. That’s right, it’s nearly Valentine’s Day.

While I’ve always been pretty ambivalent to it, it has got me thinking about love. Specifically, if there is no romantic love in your life, where do you get it from? After all, all we need is love; love is all we need. And while there is no denying that romantic love is great, I sometimes think the other kinds of love are downplayed or dismissed as less important. 

Family

For most people love from parents, siblings and other family members is the first kind of love we experience. I love how Clover Stroud describes believing her love as a mother is providing the backbone for her children’s lives and will give them superpowers. I think that’s true of the love we have in my family. When you’re single, you can end up relying on your …