Feb. 14 might possibly be the most dreaded day of the year for single females across the nation. I know it is for me.

I’ve lost a lot of faith in the idea of love over the years with the high divorce rate and prevalence of infidelity in typical marriages, but even moreso when love is attached to celebrity.

As a die-hard teeny-bopper in my formative years, I followed the Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey romance since its conception circa 1999. No marriage seemed more genuine nor more fairy-tale like than theirs. However, it didn’t take long for MTV camera crews to ruin what I considered the perfect Hollywood couple (if there is such a thing). Coincidentally, Travis Barker/Shanna Moakler and Carmen Electra/Dave Navarro seemed to split under similar circumstances soon after Nick and Jessica. Geez, can any married couple stay together when its relationship is the basis of a reality TV series? Most likely not.

But what about non-high profile celebrity couples? My heart burst when the lead guitarists from my two favorite bands (Chad Gilbert from New Found Glory and Sherri Dupree from Eisley) joined in holy matrimony around this time last year. Furthermore, on this very day last year, yet another non-mainstream musical engagement spawned from similar roots (Adam Lazzara from Taking Back Sunday and Chauntelle Dupree (Sherri’s Sister) from Eisley).

Imagine my excitement about future concert tours and joint ventures between three of my favorite bands! Not to mention the prospect of adorable and musically talented children. I found the entire development heartbreakingly romantic and followed those two relationships like a hawk (mainly through Eisley’s meticulously updated blog).

And I wasn’t the only one.

Sure, Eisley and Taking Back Sunday don’t grace the cover of Entertainment Weekly every day, but an entire community of distraught emo kids absolutely worship these folks, me included. MacBeth even planned on designing Lazzara’s suit for his wedding with Chauntelle this March.

New Found Glory titled their first album Nothing Gold Can Stay. It never seemed more appropriate.

Sherri and Chad split in early December, genuinely causing my heart to sink. These two were the epitome of what I thought true love was – best friends touring together, writing songs about each other and eventually falling in love and getting married. The same goes for Sherri’s sister, Chauntelle and Adam who decided to call off their engagement a few weeks ago. All of my beloved celebrity couples are breaking up, some quicker and rockier than others, but splitting up all the same. Do individuals really have to sacrifice true love for fame and stardom?

In some ways, yes. Touring the globe in separate continents and timezones for months at a time can definitely be detrimental to relationships. Relationships take communication and time and trust; these things are harder and harder to come by, especially among the famous.

I only wish the best to the heartbroken constituents of these failed relationships because the only thing worse than getting your heartbroken is having it publicized to a slew of dissenters or disappointed fans that will surely pick the situation to pieces in their blogs. Shame on me.

In spite of the disappointing news, I think Eisley in particular does a great job of tastefully communicating news to their fans. Eisley is a unique development since they are a family band; the members are all siblings plus one cousin and their father, Boyd Dupree is the band’s manager. Balancing the publicity of a band with family life must be a tricky task, but the Duprees do a great job of blogging about their lives on the band website and capitalizing on the personal sentiments that naturally come from being apart of a close-knit family. After discreetly mentioning Chauntelle and Adam’s called off engagement, Boyd wrote about how Eisley will move on, focus on their music and continue touring.

I thought the band was especially smart in asking fans to be sensitive and considerate about the recent break-ups. Not only does this stifle potential bad publicity, but it humanizes famous people – a rare construct in the music industry. The only thing harder to find in the entertainment world is love itself.

From now on, the public should focus on living their love lives vicariously through fictional couples. Entertainment Weekly just issued Pop Culture’s Top True (Fictional) Lovers. I’m personally rooting for Jim and Pam (The Office) and Ron and Hermione. Now those, those are matches made in heaven. That’s what true love should be like.

Sigh, entirely fabricated.

So, Happy Valentine’s Day!