I Won't Spend Another Night Alone

One night stands are invariably a much more complicated process than need be. There are rules to those types of things, you just won't find them anywhere on the internet, or your local library. Ask the nearest frat boy, however, and I'm sure he can tell you.

Rule #1: DO spend at least some time getting to know the person you want to hook up with. This makes (guys) look like nicer people, and (girls) like they're not as slutty/horny as they really are.

Rule #2: DO leave your name/number the morning after, if you are actually interested in seeing that person again.

Rule #3: DO NOT, while lying in miscellaneous states of undress, tell the other person you "love them" and you're both "meant for each other."

Rule #4: DO NOT lie to the other person about your relationship status. They will find out somehow if you do, and they will make things painful for you.

And last, but certainly not least: Rule #5: DO NOT assume that your one night fling equals a relationship. Odds are both of you are drunk, if not, you (sir) are a pimp and you (miss) are playing things a bit too easily. It is the alcohol fueling your desires. Nothing else. If, in the morning, you discover feelings exist for the other person, don't tell them then. Wait a couple days. Call them up, ask how things are going and if they'd possibly be interested in a movie, cup of coffee, or similar first date. If not, move on. Plenty of fish in the sea.

I state these rules with confidence because I have been on both the giving, and receiving end, of these types of situations. I think I'm about to be on giving end again, and that sucks. B was a cool girl and everything, but things would never work out. I mean, first off she's two years older than me so she'll be done with school before I'm even a senior. She called me tonight...drunk...saying she wished I was there, and that I was the only one she'd called that night. *sigh* What's a Boy to do?

Finally told AS off...that I can't be available 24/7 any more. I have other friends, I have other things to do in life, and I have to do well in school this semester or I'll end up going nowhere in life. She didn't take it well, but hey, maybe she'll realize what she's missing when it's gone. She still doesn't know about B either...I need it to hurt when she hears. To know what it feels like when that person you want kisses someone else. That's horrible of me, I know...but I don't know how else to get my point across.