I never really understood the point of being with someone sexually that you could not see yourself with in the future. Now that I am older though, I see some of the possible benefits from it, but the risks still outweigh them. The possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted disease while hooking up is obviously much greater than being in a monogamous relationship. It is even greater since people are much more relaxed about their use of condoms while hooking up. The ability to have a brief moment of (hopeful) sexual satisfaction would be completely destroyed for me if my partner did not, or refused, to use a condom. The increased chance of contracting a disease or getting pregnant would negate any good feelings the hook up might offer to me. I do not consider it to be taboo as some people would, but it is not something that I would choose to engage in if I was not in a monogamous relationship. I would have trouble trusting and feeling close enough to someone I just met to have any physical contact with them. If I were to “hook up” I would more likely be in a friends with benefits type relationship than a one and done as some people
I never really understood the point of being with someone sexually that you could not see yourself with in the future. Now that I am older though, I see some of the possible benefits from it, but the risks still outweigh them. The possibility of contracting a sexually transmitted disease while hooking up is obviously much greater than being in a monogamous relationship. It is even greater since people are much more relaxed about their use of condoms while hooking up. The ability to have a brief moment of (hopeful) sexual satisfaction would be completely destroyed for me if my partner did not, or refused, to use a condom. The increased chance of contracting a disease or getting pregnant would negate any good feelings the hook up might offer to me. I do not consider it to be taboo as some people would, but it is not something that I would choose to engage in if I was not in a monogamous relationship. I would have trouble trusting and feeling close enough to someone I just met to have any physical contact with them. If I were to “hook up” I would more likely be in a friends with benefits type relationship than a one and done as some people