4 Zodiacs Delaying Their Breakup Until After Valentine’s Day

GEMINI

Gemini has frankly been too busy to address the issues that have been rearing their ugly heads in their relationship. They’ve kicked the can down the road time and time again, and now, Valentine’s Day is just another excuse to delay. Gemini claims it would be too cruel to let their partner down right before the big holiday, but the truth is they’ve just become too comfortable and complacent, in spite of the signs that things are headed in the wrong direction. They’ve been purposefully seeking out distractions to avoid the heartbreak. Even though they are the one considering the separation, it doesn’t mean it’s the outcome they wanted. Letting hopes and dreams die on the vine is a hard pill to swallow.

CANCER

Cancer can’t bring themselves to end the relationship now. There is something about the stretch from Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day that makes them remember better days. Milestones and firsts and everything in between. Gifts that turn into keepsakes, conversations that solidify into lifelong memories. Cancer hopes that if they just hold onto all of that substance, all of that history, even for an extra month or week, the relationship has the chance to return to that state. To a place of trust and connection and fulfillment, instead of the chaos and conflict it’s been most recently. Their faith is admirable, even if it is tinged with a heaping dose of denial, and the person they’re most afraid of hurting is themselves.

ARIES

Aries is waiting to break up until after Valentine’s Day because they don’t want to fight. They need a clean break without any late night, drunken texts or vengeful outbursts. They know just how low this partner can go, and would rather suck it up for one more pre-fixe dinner than to deal with the fallout of leaving them out in the cold right before the big holiday. They’ve seen the writing on the wall for some time now, and as upsetting as it is to admit things are past the point of salvaging, the most they can hope for is to avoid any unnecessary drama in the process. Ripping the bandaid off is hard enough alone, no need to put salt in the wound while you’re at it.

SCORPIO

Scorpio is waiting for Valentine’s Day to come and go before ending their relationship because they’ve never made it this far. Even though they know this isn’t going to last a lifetime, they want to know what it feels like to have someone on this day. To not feel lonely and left-out and watching everyone else from the outside. They want to know the comfort, the excitement that comes with flowers and chocolates and dinner plans, of knowing someone is thinking about them on this specific day. Sure, they’re mourning the fact that the relationship has undoubtedly run its course, but they’re willing to keep pretending for a little longer for the sake of this one life experience. Being alone is bad enough, but doing it while everyone else is in love is too much to bear.