If you have an old flame back home, think about the consequences of hooking up with them over Thanksgiving break. Don't get us wrong, it could turn out well, but it could also make things complicated for winter break.
It’s Thanksgiving week, Bobcats, and chances are you’re probably reading this on your smartphone in the car or on your laptop from the comfort of your non-Athens home. This may be the first time you’ve been home since before Week 1 and for many of you that means seeing old friends, and perhaps old flames. This can result in two things — one: you hook up with your high school ex or two: you realize that you don’t wanna be with your back-home love anymore and you turkey dump him or her.
Messing with people back home usually does not work out in anyone’s favor, especially if they’re an old flame. You’re all hopped up on tryptophan, feeling lonely and you want someone to do it on your twin bed with. That’s totally understandable. But, what you’ve gotta think about is the fact that you’re gonna be back in Bobcat country in mere days, and then back home for a month. That means whatever you do in Thanksgiving’s sexy glow will come back to haunt you under the mistletoe.
It’s not totally unheard of to have a totally meaningless hookup, even with someone you’ve known since childhood. But things get a little stickier when your parents know each other, or they’re the checkout person at your local grocery store or even if they’re an ex.
As always, these types of things need crazy communication. You should probably make it clear what exactly you want out of this hookup. Do you want someone to do cute wintery dates with? Do you want a consistent hookup? Or would you just be pulling off someone’s festive sweater once?
It’s not totally unheard of to have a positive experience with hooking up with an ex from home — after all, man cannot get by on pumpkin pie alone — but an air of caution might be necessary.
After all, you’ll be back in Athens soon enough where there are lots of people to make sexy decisions with … and lots more places to hide.
Kristin Salaky is a senior studying journalism and a slot editor at The Post.
Thanksgiving marks the most substantial break in classes of the school year thus far, and as such, it’ll most likely be the first time in months Bobcats will spend more than a few days apart from whomever they have been sitting on.
As such, the drive to get on top of someone from high school is very real. And it can be more than OK to take that ride. But, much like any sexual situation, there are some ins and outs. Yes, I meant to say ins and outs. Like sex.
Let’s do some question and answer: Are you in a relationship? Yes? Don’t hook up with anyone at home. Or at all. Only your bae. That’s done.
Is the interested party (person you want to make like with) a past lover? Yes? Again, stay away from that. Bad idea. Mission abort. DEFCON 1. That’s the most dire one. Not DEFCON 5. Look it up.
Are you completely available and thinking about some coitus with a casual friend with whom things most likely won’t get weird? Yeah? You probably have a green light on that one. Just make sure you’re being completely open about it going nowhere or somewhere depending on what you guys want out of it. Make sure you’re on the same page. The sex page. Page 69.
Just, whatever you do, wait a few hours after Thursday’s dinner before engaging in any nude contests of strength. You don’t want to be gassy in bed or have any unwanted emissions. That’s a real mood killer. Much like this column. That was the trick: Now you don’t even want to do it after reading my words for a page. Problem solved.
I’m thankful for our readers and listeners and I love you all. Thanks for reading/listening to all of this nonsense. Have a great break.
Ian Ording is a senior studying journalism and Copy Chief of The Post. Having trouble finding the right hookup? Contact thebedpostpeople@gmail.com.
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