Ahh yes, February, the month of love and romance, has begun. Most of you love this month, unless you’re single and don’t know how to start a conversation with your crush. However, being single is one thousand times better than being in a relationship with one of these people in your life. Dating these people would make everything so complicated and would leave you wondering why you were so quick to say yes. So here is a list of people we believe you should NOT date under any circumstance:

1. Your best friend’s older brother: we know it’s tempting especially when he has a world record in spearfishing, but this one can really ruin a friendship.
2. Your teammate: of course the attraction is there, you spend hours a day together. But let’s face it, teamcest is not okay. The group dynamic gets all out of whack and everyone is uncomfortable.
3. Your local barista: coffee is an intimate thing. Breaking up and having to adjust your caffeine pattern is too great a risk for love.
4. Your tutor: how do you expect to learn anything if you can’t stop staring into their eyes as they attempt to explain kinematics? You are going to have to make a choice between remaining stupid or remaining single.
5. Your ex’s nemesis: clearly your ex isn’t over you if they keep talking about your Facebook posts to all of their friends, so dating their worst enemy would just make them obsess over you even more. They have issues, so don’t make their issues worse.
6. Your imaginary friend: obviously if you’re thinking about dating your imaginary friend, you don’t have any friends to begin with. Sure, things will start off great, but it’s bound to go downhill eventually, and when you break up, you will be absolutely friendless.
7. Underclassmen (if you’re not an underclassman): Age is not just a number. It’s how long you’ve been alive. You shouldn’t date someone who was born after you already knew how to walk. Also, it’s just a little weird, but no one wants to admit it or make you cry.
8. The captain of the wrestling team: we all know wrestlers are insanely hot (well, most of them), but they need to focus and cannot afford distractions if they want to become Champion of the World… they are players… *sniff*… *tear*…. why? …
9. A person with a clean room: they may seem normal at first, but you know anyone who cleans their room in their spare time cannot be trusted and obviously doesn’t have their priorities in order. They sacrifice their freedom in order to clean their room, and that just doesn’t sound healthy. Instead, help them seek medical attention.
10. Someone you met online: this one is pretty self-explanatory. You don’t know who they truly are. They could be catfishing you. Or even worse, they could be an actual catfish themselves! You just never know.
11. Chester: just kidding. Scared you for a second there, didn’t I? Nothing could ever go wrong by dating Chester. Date Chester.

“We all suck, but love can make us suck less.”