Galentine's Day - the phrase can feel cringe but here are 5 reasons why it's better than V-Day (and the best excuse to meet with mum friends who just get it)

Group of female friends linked arms and laughing.

Galentine's Day is the perfect time for mums to celebrate and indulge the women in their lives - friendships in motherhood are some of the best after all.

Galentine's Day laughs in the face of celebrating your other half, instead it honours those all-important friends, your 'gal pals' and mum friends. Take this as your sign to get together and talk about everything from matrescence to just how much sex parents are getting, and bonding over how to explain the mental load to your partners. And it's for those mates who get it and have support through everything from postnatal depression to how to get through endless sleepless nights, having time put aside to come together and build each other up is vital.