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Platonic Valentine's Day Gifts—Even if You Haven't Got a Lovah, You've Still Got Friends!

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For the romantically unattached, Valentine’s Day can often be, well, a bummer. In the weeks preceding February 14th, the sentimental diamond commercials, multi-course restaurant promotions and saccharine store displays are enough to have anyone seeing red—literally.

But hey, even if you haven't got a lovah, you've still got friends! So rather than surrendering to singlehood and dodging the Valentine's Day traditions, why not reach for rose-colored glasses and send Cupid’s arrow towards the platonic Valentines in your life?

Candle lit dinners, engraved jewelry and other traditional gifts may be what are expected of a significant other, but you have much more creative freedom when choosing Valentine's Day gifts for friends. Without the pressure to be romantic, there are opportunities to be genuinely practical or playfully ironic.

Why not use the Hallmark holiday as an excuse to reconnect with a faraway friend—perhaps by gifting a box of old-school stationery alongside a vintage Valentine card you've inscribed with a note? Or create an excuse to get together with games, playing cards or gifts related to projects you’ve both been meaning to start, like knitting, baking or book club. For friends with big jobs and the gadgets that accompany them, think cases and cardholders, or DVDs of shows they never had time to watch. Design lovers and collectors will fall for beautiful vessels—like vases and bowls—in the shades of the season, of course.

We’ve collected 14 items in honor of the day, all $100 and under, and all befitting of a platonic Valentine you love. And if all else fails, who wouldn't love a box of chocolate?

 

 

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