The Former Traveling Spotlight

The tales of a "30" something gay former stand-up comic living in NYC who is searching for his soul mate or soul...which ever comes first.

Tuesday, October 02, 2007

One Night Only

As we get older and still remain single, we all reach that point where we just want sex. The feeling of another person doing the things you need, and you repaying the favor. For whatever reason, we have needs and we will do what's necessary to meet them. Call it solace for being alone, or just substituting your own hand for someone else's. Yes it's sex, and it's casual.

The problem with casual sex, and specifically one night stands are that we all have our own ideas as to what a one night stand really is. Do we exchange names, or do they even matter at all? Does a one night stand really just make the participants into unpaid prostitutes, or is it really an audition for something a bit more involved. Is "shut the door on your way out" an appropriate ending to what really is a meaningless night? And really...is it meaningless?

I've had friends who met their partners on what was supposed to be a one night stand. They went back to one of their respective apartments and next they they knew, they were picking out china patterns.

That being said...in my case...one night is really all I have to spare.

Patrick - 10:35 AM -

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