Posts tagged onenightstands
Guest post on Chicago Now
Make your way over to Chicago Now’s sex blog for LITD’s guest analysis on the One Night Stand.
Video in the dumps: turtle one-night stand
You know all those times you’ve laid awake in bed, pondering this eternal question: do turtles have sex? Well, now we know the answer is yes. And they talk dirty. And they have similar positions to us. And they give spankings. (and only one these things is not true).
Bottom 5 Ways: Getting one nite stands O-U-T (of your apartment)
The web is full of lame “top 5″ lists, especially when it comes to relationships and dating. Problem is, none are actually applicable to real world scenarios. LITD takes care of this in our new series, Bottom 5 ways. – ed
Ok so you’ve had a one night stand. Again. Big deal, you’ll repress this one just like all the others, after a boozy brunch with your pals and an afternoon nap. But – uh oh! – your accomplice thinks he/she is sticking around for the morning. Maybe even the day. Worse case scenario, even another night! You’re cornered and need to think fast, but since thinking fast is not something you do well, you flounder. And suddenly your Saturday/Sunday of freedom is severely hamstrung. Luckily, LITD is here to help with this handy list of ways to get your one night stand out of your apartment and back on the street where they belong:
1. Your parents are coming over – this would be an awkward situation to end all…
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Breaking news: meeting through friends slips in polls
You can always count on USA for a good bullshit poll, and this one is no exception. According to the “study”, the best way to meet someone is through friends, but the web comes in a close second. “The Internet is the one social arena that is unambiguously gaining in importance over time,” the study finds.
LITD went on the beat, speaking with thousands of singles about this curious trend. By our account, the fall of meeting through friends and rise of the Internet is captured in this quote by Sarah Williamson: “Getting set up by friends is okay, but it makes the ‘ol one night stand thing pretty much impossible. With the ‘net, I have no one to answer to but my own conscience.” And, she added, “my conscience is a lot easier on me than my friend Nancy.”
We forecast the fall of the dating site – where you browse for people like lentils at Whole Foods – and rise of the flirting site, which is more like buying someone a…
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