If you’re one of the many, many couples who terrorized my Instagram feed this February 14th with photos of yourselves doing an adorable little cheek-kiss at Storm King (barf), you’re probably already nostalgic for Valentine’s Day. As a recently single person, however, I couldn’t be happier to turn my back on romance. Sorry to be a Valentine’s Grinch, but honestly, if you’re in love, can’t you just… enjoy that? Do you really need a whole day to commemorate it on social media?
Granted, I did not feel this way for the past four Valentine’s Days; then, I had a partner of my own to post cryptic but charming little captions about alongside a faux-casual photo dump. But now that I’m (Greta Garbo voice) alone, I’ve officially designated myself a hater of all things pink and heart-shaped, and will likely remain one until I enter into another relationship. In the interim, I have a pretty excellent single style icon to model myself after: one Ms. Nicole Kidman, who, with her divorce from Keith Urban now finalized, is said to be the object of multimillionaire businessman Paul Salem’s affections.
Of course, I would love for a multimillionaire of any gender to fall hard for me. (Indeed, if any of them happen to be reading this: my email is easy to find online! Pick me, choose me, love me, in the immortal words of Meredith Grey!) But I’m genuinely inspired by seeing Kidman strut her stuff all over the world (Paris! Chile! Antarctica!!) and allegedly curve Salem as he vies for her hand. Perhaps Kidman’s first taste of the single life in 20 years has sold her on the all-timer Whoopi Goldberg maxim “I don’t want somebody in my house,” or maybe her rich-guy era is over for now and she’s more interested in wooing—or being wooed by—starving artists. Either way, we love to see a single woman in her late 50s who can take or leave an MGM Resorts fortune.
When I googled “nicole kidman single quotes” (what can I say, I’m hard-up for inspiration!), I came across this gem she shared with Glamour in 2008, two years after she and Urban married: “Have no regrets. Every relationship leads you to where you’re meant to be. Learn to be comfortable with being alone.” It’s a good tip, really, whether you’re a 30-something blogger or a world-famous actress. I guess one could say…heartbreak feels good in a place like this?
