Women Campus | Hello beautiful!: The One-Night Stand: Is It Ever A Good Idea?

The Not-So-One-Night Stand

For our last anecdote, we have one with an unlikely (yet happy) ending. Kelsey*, a student at Western New England College, was camping with a group of friends last fall when she was introduced to Jeff. They'd crossed paths before and had mutual friends, but the pair had never been introduced or spent time together in any setting. After a day of camping activities, everyone was hanging around the fire drinking, and Jeff and Kelsey got to talking, and they progressed from there. "There was definitely alcohol involved," says Kelsey. "We ended up hooking up that night and then started hanging out after that." Having mutual friends definitely helped Kelsey move past the initial awkwardness of spending the night together, and after hanging out for about a month with other people, she and Jeff started dating. "Since then we've been together, and that was over a year ago."

Can Spontaneous Sex Become Real Love?

Obviously Kelsey's story is the exception and not the rule when it comes to no-strings-attached sex. That is the whole point, after all: NO. STRINGS. ATTACHED. Ergo, no obligatory follow-up calls or texts, no expectation to see the person again, and definitely no resulting relationship. But as always, rules are meant to be broken and occasionally, it seems that a roll in the hay right off the bat can lead to a great relationship. Crazier things have happened! However, it is important that you do not expect anything to come of it if you decide to hop into bed with someone you just met, because odds are, it's just a one time thing.