Saturday, April 02, 2005

One night stands, booty calls, random sex: When is it time to leave?

Okay so I am a psych major so I automatically start to think about things from a psych point of view. During your intro to psych class or social psych class you will learn about "scripts". We all operate under "scripts" prescriptions of how to act in certain situations. For example, and perhaps the most famous example, if I ask you what happens when you go to restaurant the vast majority of people will probably say something like:

Go in and be seated
Get a menu and order
Eat
Pay the bill
Leave

One of the most intersesting facts I remember hearing in psych class was that when there is a fire in a restaurant or in a building with a restaurant, most of the people who die or are injured is due to there in ability to vary from this script. Instead of running from the building in a panic, people stop to pay the bill. Well, we have scripts that we learn and that practiced over and over again. However, a script that is not well defined but should be has to do with the one night stand or booty calls. This somewhat common occurance has a different script to every individual and what you are supposed to do is a great big unknown. My biggest question is how do you get someone to leave once you are done. I mean if I go to a guys house, I am out the door once I am done... which is odd because I would expect them to be even more so that way. However, the ones I have run across like to cuddle afterward. confused? I know I am. I understand that with this kind of behavior alcohol and late hours are usually involved, so people are tired and I am all about a couple hours of sleep, but to me, just leave or be able to leave shortly after we are done and don't wake me up. Just call me tomorrow or next week. Too much time together and talking will only complicate things. Just keep it simple, keep it at just sex....

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