{"id":3953,"date":"2018-10-05T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T12:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.pages.roanoke.edu\/?p=3953"},"modified":"2018-10-05T08:00:40","modified_gmt":"2018-10-05T12:00:40","slug":"emmas-column","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brackety-ack.com\/?p=3953","title":{"rendered":"Living My Best Life: High Fives and Sex Drives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Written by Emma Grosskopf<\/em><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s talk about sharing. <\/span><\/p>\n

This is a small school. It seems that everyone knows everyone here, and while that makes for an interesting social scene, it also produces strange tensions within friend groups in the way of romance and hookups. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, I\u2019m just going to speak plainly. <\/span><\/p>\n

The hookup scene at RC? SWAMPED with double-dipping. <\/span><\/p>\n

Everyone has the right to do what they want in their private lives, but the truth of it is it just ain\u2019t going to be that private at a school as tiny as \u2018Noke. <\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve heard rumors spread that were about how some girls get \u201cpassed around\u201d through guys\u2019 friend groups, groups sometimes made of upward of 10 people. This could be a sports team or a fraternity or any random group of beekeeping hippies. And I\u2019ve heard similar rumors about the RC ladies, like a group of sorority sisters possibly hooking up with the same guy, and this overlap creating divides within previously close-knit friends. <\/span><\/p>\n

The purpose of this column is not to expose everyone\u2019s sexual life. I don\u2019t care enough about people\u2019s, ahem, habits to do that. And anyway, like I said earlier: it\u2019s a small school. Hookup overlap should be expected. Is it desirable? That\u2019s a question you have to ask yourselves, because while I like to think I have all the answers, I can\u2019t help you decide who to hook up with. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I just think it\u2019s interesting how when girls find out that they have hooked up with the same guy (or are currently hooking up with the same guy), it often causes drama, tension, anxiety and sometimes ruins friendships. <\/span><\/p>\n

But guys? <\/span><\/p>\n

If romantic feelings aren\u2019t a factor, they might bond over it!<\/span><\/p>\n

I have heard of girls, even hooking up with a guy out of sexual desire with absolutely no romantic feelings involved, breaking it off with one of their closest friends over a guy. Guys, on the other hand, might become closer by getting it on with the same gal. <\/span><\/p>\n

All I\u2019m trying to say is that at such a small school, rumors fly about everyone\u2019s goings and comings. Whether the rumors spread around are true or not, the majority of girls will get catty about shared sexual partners, while the majority of men might bond. <\/span><\/p>\n

What an interesting concept. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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