Tuesday, 11 November 2008

• Is Being Forward Bad?

  My friend Mary and I went to Puccini's last night, which is one of those restaurants where you're not sure if the food is good enough to distract you from the bad service. While we were there, Mary filled me in on the developments in her love life. Or maybe I should say sex life.

  She's attracted to two guys. The first is Luke who is her Physics lab partner. Their relationship was purely academic and casual until one day they decided to go to dinner together and it became a date. They had a good chemistry so they hung out again on Halloween, drinking and smoking and playing guitar. I am totally against smoking but Mary is one of those people who make it glamorous and sexy. In fact, Mary is a very glamorous and sexy girl herself. She's fashionable, actually has a body instead of a stick, enjoys a good meal and a good book, and knows how to party and how to be a good student. She's perfect in every way. Which is what Luke said to her after a night of (almost) sex (if you know what I mean). He sounded sincere and Mary was beginning to see herself in a relationship with him. Unfortunately she was tossed aside for the bitch ex-girlfriend in Boston.

  A couple days later, she met Mathew and they hit it off really well and she ended up sleeping with him. He was the best sex she ever had and she would casually flirt with him, hoping their relationship would grow. And then he never called again, indicating that this was just a one-night stand. Mary knew that one night of sex doesn't amount to a relationship but she thought since the sex was so good, he'd call her again.

  It's said that guys like the chase; they like playing the game. Mary herself knows this but, as she puts it, "Playing games doesn't get me laid." It made me wonder: was Mary's forwardness her undoing? Is Mary doomed to a life of one-night stands? In your opinion, does being sexually forward mean not being taken seriously?

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