These are the hookup rules I have observed people use over
the past four years. While many are about texting or digital culture, I find
that a large part of hooking up is in the electronic communication before
hand. You still communicate P2P?!
That is so 1995.
Rule #10: Firsts - Don’t text a guy first.
Rule #9: Doubles - Don’t double text.
Rule #8: Rings - Never call. If he calls you, feel honored,
you’ve found a winner.
Rule #7: Watch the Clock - Take the same amount of time to
text a person as it takes for them to text you.
Rule #6: Stalker - Don’t friend request someone sooner than
3 days after you have met them.
Rule #5: Word of Mouth - Don’t do anything you wouldn’t be
happy with a whole frat or sports team knowing.
Rule #4: Booty Call - If a guy texts you after midnight, he
just wants sex. If you want more than just a physical relationship with him,
don’t go.
Rule #3: The Big S - A sober hookup is a serious hookup.
Rule #2: Call in Sick - If you’re feeling sick, go home. Do
you want your crush to remember you as “the girl who threw up on me”?
Rule #1: The Golden
Rule - Don’t get too attached.
- DeeDee
That watch the clock rule would stress me out.
ReplyDeleteAlso:
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_RPdkY4Iav4Q/TLIcKEcTOXI/AAAAAAAAABs/75OEdYlvS0g/s1600/dee+dee.gif
You sound like Liz Lemon, without being funny.
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5N_MWWnDN84/TYjnUz6VbvI/AAAAAAAAAYE/1cLRtqKBhLs/s1600/liz4.jpg
If you put positive energy out there, you might be surprised. As my high school adviser said, nerdy boys make great boyfriends, and tufts is full of them!
Hi Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteThanks for reading! Just for clarification, these are not rules I subscribe to, that I use, or suggest others use (with some exceptions), only rules that observe others abide by most frequently.
I'll work on being funnier. Perhaps if I eat more cheese, ham and take off my bra, it will happen.
As to putting positive energy out there, I'll work on it, but that sounds a little like some new age philosophy that I don't believe in.
Yours always,
DeeDee
Ah these rules are the worst! I was considering not texting a guy I like because of rule #10 and then realized if I want to talk to him it's on me to talk to him! Also, #3 and #8 are ridiculous. If a boy calls me I'll treat it as if anyone called me, I have no plans of feeling 'honored' unless he also tells me I've won some sort of award. Then I'll consider it.
ReplyDeleteDear Anonymous,
ReplyDeleteI agree, these rules are the worst. I wish someone would call me and tell me I won an award.
Love,
DeeDee
Dear Dateless Diva,
ReplyDeleteThese are all rules that seem necessary to subscribe to. I, personally, have found them all to be an integral part of a successful, nonchalant hookup. That being said, almost a year into my "friends with benefits" hookup, I appear to have broken them all. Basically, I am emotionally screwed.
This blog (which I only just recently discovered despite being an upperclassman) is very spot on.