I went out in my home town for the first time since Christmas and saw heaps of local faces. I was dancing and drinking away carefree, until I saw a face I hadn’t seen in about three years- my last hook-up. I had absolutely no idea what to do or say. But this got me thinking, what do you say to a past one-night stand?
Remember the old saying “You can’t get something for nothing”. I believe this saying rings true when a perfect stranger offers to buy you a drink. It’s not like in the movies where the waiter comes over with a no-strings-attached-drink from a handsome stranger. These days a free drink from a stranger usually means they expect something in return.
For those who are still innocent and pure, the walk of shame is the next morning’s unavoidable journey home after a one-night stand, sorry to be the one to corrupt you. If you’re thinking, what’s the big deal?
For the most part, Australians are very proud of their country and heritage. Whenever an Aussie does well at something and goes overseas and takes the world by storm, Aussies cherish them and cheer them on.
In a time where women knew not of bank accounts, and men were the bearers of bills, it was all but natural for a man to offer his female counterpart a drink- the beverage being a signpost to his wealth and his ability to provide. Flash forward to present day and women hold cash in their own name and, god forbid, have the ability to spend it too.
Although it may seem unimaginable to think of time when nightclubs did not exist, but there was such time. Now without sounding too cliché , let’s now take a journey back in time to where it all began….
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When the final set of the night begins to spin and you’ve yet to receive attention from the one-and-only you’ve been stalking all night, it can be all too easy to give up hope and lower that bar, knock back another drink and settle for the company of a contender you just know you’ll regret in the morning.
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Sometimes there are just not enough hours in the day to fit in all of our commitments, obligations and necessities and comfortably transition from the ‘professional’ us to the ‘party’ us. And sometimes you find yourself without 5 minutes to spare to prepare yourself for a change of set, especially us, the sought after and in demand individuals that we are.