12 Moments From ‘Love Island’ That Accurately Depict Being Single AF

Love Island may be a show about singles trying to find love, but it’s also wildly relatable for singles out there who just want to live vicariously through the show.

In fact, some of the footage of the islanders trapped kicking back in the villa sums up the life of every other single lad or lass out there.

Here are 12 times Love Island actually depicted your sad, single existence*:

(*Just kidding, it’s ok to be, as Jason Derulo would say, “ridin’ solo”.)

1. When everyone is out meeting people IRL and dating and you know food is bae:

2. When you’re forced to third, fifth, or seventh-wheel with your coupled-up friends:

3. When you get a text or a DM slide from someone you’ve been crushing on:

4. When you match with someone on Tinder and it’s actually going well:

5. But then they say something like “send us a pic ;)” and it’s over before it began:

6. When you get asked out and your BFF comes over to help you prep:

7. When you finally suck it up and go on a date, only to have them talk about their ex the whole time:

8. And after an hour-long tangent of that, they still ask if they can see you again:

9. When you’re out and you spot a hottie from the distance:

10. When there’s some drunk bro trying to get your attention on the df:

11. Except you don’t actually want a bar of it:

12. And when you figure out you won’t always necessarily be alone… as long as you can have some form of pet:

I identify with Justin on a spiritual and emotional level.