Oh, the one night stand. Everyone knows it and most haveexperienced it. This probably sounds familiar: You and your friendstake in the local club scene. Everyone’s having a great timedancing, drinking and taking in the local crowd.

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The blonde across the room becomes more and more attractive asthe night and the drinks progress and you think to yourself,”They’re just what I need tonight.”And then youwake up.Durex Condoms’ 2003 Global Sex Survey revealed 45percent of people globally have had a one-night stand.Many peoplehave various reasons why people do it. Loneliness, revenge andoften intoxication are all common factors. Sacramento Statestudents have mixed feelings about one-night-stands.

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“To each their own,” says Jennifer, who preferrednot to provide her last name. She says that she’s had aone-night stand before. “I was drunk. When I woke up Ithought to myself, what did I do?” Jennifer is happier nowbecause she’s in a monogamous relationship and feels moresatisfied.

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Sac State student Jonathan Reyna has never had aone-night-stand. He thinks that most of the time students who meetsomeone at a bar and go home with them it’ll only be aone-nighter.

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“You probably won’t meet your soul mate,”Reyna said. “People need to remember that a person who hasone probably went out the weekend before and bagged anotherone.”

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Without safe sex and especially a positive self-image, having aone-night-stand is a bad idea. Someone who’s missing thesethings is going to roll out of bed the next morning and still bemissing them. They’re also more likely to be unhappy withtheir decision. No matter what, you are the one you always have togo home to, and what matters is that you are comfortable withyourself and what you do.

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“One-night-stands are probably fine if a person has a goodself-esteem and they use caution,” Selena Caldwell said.”I had a one-night stand before and I was fine with it. Iknew when I woke up what I had done and didn’t expectanything from it. To expect something from a one-night standisn’t smart.”Stud dream or STD nightmare? TheSite.comworks out the pros and cons of no-strings sex with pros such as”sex is fun” and cons like, “one-night standsoften involve alcohol and poor sex.” Weigh your options andthink it through to see know if one-night-stands are right for you.Whatever you do, practice safe sex and use protection.