Thursday, 14 July 2011
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Sluttier on Spring Break
Every year around March, thousands of college students pack their bags with bikinis, their brightest of sunglasses and skimpiest of shirts and cut off jeans and hopefully an adequate amount of condoms to go to some other country to get wasted in. Spring break is an excuse to let go, "live it up," and act reckless.Sex is on the agenda for both guys and girls and there is no denying it. Of course there are the students that go to relax with their friends on the beach and have a good time without catching a few S.T.D.'s but those few still wouldn't mind finding a cute boy or girl to make out with.
I always wondered how sex was able to happen on this trip when most rooms were occupied by 3 or more people. Sex on the beach isn't all that it's cracked up to be, especially when you're drunk and more likely to get sand in places you don't want. Hearing the horror stories of bringing back reminders of your vacation in the form of crabs also deterred me from doing the naughty. There are just some things a girl won't tolerate, even on spring break.
The attitude of living up to the spring break legend actually causes a lot of pressure for students. The pressure to be skinny for girls and for guys to be "ripped," the pressure to be as drunk as possible and the pressure to have sex with a funny story to go along with it. But what if you go on spring break without the intention of hooking up with random guys? I personally felt that pressure when on spring break this past March in Punta Cana.
My friends and I stayed in a crappy hotel with hundreds of college students from all different schools who were looking for a good time. We were greeted immediately by 2 drunk girls with their boobs exposed, unaware of why guys were approaching them. Our schedule for the 5 days we were there went like this: Wake up, eat breakfast, get a spot on the beach, walk over to the bar grab a few drinks, get lunch, go to the insane pool party, go back to the room to nap, get dinner and go out.
By the end of the week I felt completely dehydrated, undernourished and pretty sick of drinking anything but water. The glamor of a sex filled spring break wasn't so glamorous especially on the nights that I was sober and was able to witness the sloppy mess represented by all the students crowded together on the dance floor. Even when I saw a boy that I thought could pass as Brody Jenner's twin had made constant eye contact with me, I was completely turned off and away from the idea of kissing someone random when I watched him tongue 3 different girls in one hour.
Although I had a good time with my best friends maybe next year I will go on an alternate spring break building houses in Alabama or teaching in Nicaragua, it might be better than a vacation where most students don't know their first name or where they left that last margarita.
Have you ever felt the pressures to be sluttier on spring break?
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Nope. But the girls sure did...
Spring break, no rules.
It's not about 'rules'. It's about how the hell can a person even be interested in those things. I love a good buzz here and there, but exposing myself to getting with multiple people and being treated like a complete object and wasting, more or less, an entire week and getting nothing out of it but (like OP says) dehydration and exhaustion...was never my style.
I never did understand the concept of Spring Break = slutty outfits = drunken nights followed by regretful mornings. Why must people follow this?? Is this supposed to be fun, because I can have fun without the worry of broken condoms and Plan B, along with a STD or two.
I've actually never gone away for spring break. Then again, I'm a commuter student and have two jobs, so I don't have much free time
I've never had a slutty spring break. the thought of manwhores and others turns me off. I'd rather just go to a water theme park, such as hurricane harbor next to six flags magic mountain or raging waters to have fun
I've never gone away for spring break.......but def felt the pressure to be slutty. I've done my share of "slutty" things and though I'm not ashamed, they're def not moments of glory. I've learned a lot from each and every experience in my life, I'm one of these people that makes the best of *almost* everything so no regrets.
But ya, going off and meeting someone random and sleeping with them that very night you met them is sketchy. I've only ever done that once.......no bueno in my book.
WTF. No, never. -.-
That attitude's WAYYY too hedonistic for me.
the girls in the pic are hott
@sugar_mama@xanga - agreed
Nope.
i WISH i had a slutty spring break when i was younger. i was too conservative back then.
@sugar_mama@xanga - hahaha i usually skip right to the text, thanks for making me look back up :p
I don't think I'd ever go on one of those type of Spring Breaks though. I'd rather go somewhere that I'd find fun. Sure, it would definitely be fun to go to a place like that, but I think I'd do it just randomly during summer when it isn't just college students.
what you did in punta cana is probably what i would do too. wake up semi-late, have brunch, lay on the beach until the sun goes down, come back to the hotel to shower and get ready for the night, eat dinner, and go bar hopping. i wouldn't have sex with anyone though... i think that's just gross. but if i meet a nice attractive boy, i think making-out is harmless fun.
that type of thing really doesn't appeal to me at all.
i mean, i've drunkenly hooked up with people i just met, i've had fuck buddy's. i'm not against casual sex per se. but the idea of purposely going someplace with the intent to hook up with a bunch of people just doesn't sound sexy at all. it sounds really degrading. the whole environment is very misogynistic at the core when you think about it. i just can't imagine being at all attracted to the type of people who would WANT to go somewhere like that. dudes lookin to see boobs and score easy drunk chicks...
idk, to each their own.
Never really did that. I don't like getting very, very drunk anyway, and one night stands never really turned me on. I love the beach, but I try to go when it's less crowded.
I never went on spring break. I don't know how people can. I had to work overtime at my job on the days I had off to make up for money I lost during the semester. I also had a shit ton of homework to get done, especially for those pesky philosophy courses that require way too much reading.
I also don't drink, or hook up with random people. I kind of resent the idea of all of those spoiled brats who have daddy's (or daddy govt's) money to spend for a week of whoring and boozing.
That's just not very appealing to me. Not to mention all of the crap that could go on because of that lifestyle on spring break. I've never really been away for spring break though. I'm definitely thinking about it for next year. My boyfriend and his guy friends went to the Keys (the more civil of the Keys too, not Key West) last spring break and my sister and I are definitely thinking about joining them next year. They had such a great time. And get this: They were sober the whole time.
Oh yes, it's possible to have fun and be sober. And the best part is, you remember everything.
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@raedium@xanga - @xxSilverxWingsxx@xanga - I agree. I don't see how acting recklessly is a good idea, because the possible consequences outweigh the "fun had." Didn't they hear about Natalee Holloway's story?
Personally I never went on Spring Break like the girls pictured above, but I still cannot see how it's fun to get so drunk you don't know your name, and have ultra casual sex while intoxicated. Not my thing, I guess. I'll see ya (those who choose to party this way) when you get back
Nope. I always spent spring break with good friends, not partying with random strangers. But if you go to Mexico, what do you expect?
i haven't felt pressured yet, but i might be next year since i'm going to a party school... (ucsb)
I was never 'pressured' to act slutty and reckless over spring break. Unfortunately, it came naturally. There's just something about the warm air, alcohol, and being pool- or beach-side. I found it to be fun, because I didn't act out on my slutty desires. It was fun to pretend though - flirting with everyone and their brother and acting like a completely wasted ditz.