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I had all these romantic notions about one-night stands. Who knew it would be so difficult to actually have one?
  • Are we back to Salon circa 1999?

    I don't think I've read anything like this navel-gazing sexual stuff since 1999 on Salon. I could be wrong. I'm not a regular reader.

    Anyway, most of it was a good read, but I have to nitpick:

    "The second I was old enough to know what sex was, I knew I wanted to have a one-night stand...Largely because I had no idea what it entailed."

    This is within the first paragraph. What's wrong here? Hmm... she was old enough to know what sex was. Okay... she wanted to have a one-night stand. Okay still with you... and yet she had no idea what it entailed.

    Wait a minute! So she did NOT actually know what sex was, contrary to what she said in the opening sentence?

    That pretty much knocked this piece from B to a C in my book.

    Also, did she never consider just going to a nightclub, like any normal 20-something? Gimme a break, lady. Just because you make things hard on yourself doesn't make your life any more interesting.