Good girls gone bad

Heading straight to my house after a one-night stand, a girl friend drinks coffee in my kitchen and ponders how she got to be so promiscuous.

She used to be all about boyfriends and anniversaries, but now, she’s not interested in anything more than hot hookups with guys she’ll never see again and casual dates with friends-of-friends.

“It’s that one guy. It’s his fault,” she says.

Every girl, at one point, believes in a happily ever after and a Snow White wedding. And then she falls for a bad boy who plays her like a pinball game and she abandons any idea of a prince charming.

Bad things happen to good girls, and she turns into a cynic who starts hiving when she hears the word “relationship.” She becomes all about having fun and non-commitment, and definitely all about casual sex.

But who’s to say casual sex is a bad idea? If she’s bringing her own condoms to keep herself safe, then girl, go for it, I tell her. She might change her mind at some point, but for now, she’d rather strut the walk of shame than march down the aisle.