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Casual sex left me feeling worthless: How a one-night stand left one woman emotionally destroyed
Daily Mail ^ | 4/3/2008 | Helen Weathers

Posted on 07/03/2008 9:03:34 AM PDT by libh8er

New research says women bitterly regret one-night stands. But the emotional damage can go deeper than you think...

Aisling Aisling, 28, regretted every second of her one-night stand, saying she felt "used and cheated" When seen in the cold light of the morning after the night before, what had seemed like a rather thrilling idea at the time suddenly felt anything but for 28-year-old PR executive Aisling. At the party where they'd met, the prospect of a no-strings, one-night stand with a handsome young man had felt sexy, slightly dangerous, liberating and a salve to the ego following the end of a four-year relationship. After all, in this day and age, if men can do it, why can't women?

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TOPICS: Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: sex; women
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1 posted on 07/03/2008 9:03:34 AM PDT by libh8er
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To: libh8er
Yup, safe sex.

Those English babes are always so insistent about that ~ with everybody.

2 posted on 07/03/2008 9:07:00 AM PDT by muawiyah (We need a "Gastank For America" to win back Congress)
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To: libh8er
Dawn Eden wrote about this in The Thrill of the Chaste.
3 posted on 07/03/2008 9:07:16 AM PDT by sionnsar (trad-anglican.faithweb.com |Iran Azadi| 5yst3m 0wn3d - it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY) | UN: Useless Nations)
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To: libh8er
Aisling Aisling, 28


4 posted on 07/03/2008 9:07:25 AM PDT by avacado
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To: libh8er

Aisling Aisling, baby!


5 posted on 07/03/2008 9:07:40 AM PDT by NRA1995 (It should be called "Cosa Nostra", not "Congress")
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To: libh8er
The Playette:


6 posted on 07/03/2008 9:08:03 AM PDT by Old Sarge (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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To: libh8er

Um, NO.

7 posted on 07/03/2008 9:08:24 AM PDT by TonyInOhio (12:06pm, Monday-Friday.)
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To: avacado

MIssed it by THAT much...


8 posted on 07/03/2008 9:08:33 AM PDT by Old Sarge (CTHULHU '08 - I won't settle for a lesser evil any longer!)
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To: libh8er

boo freaking hoo.


9 posted on 07/03/2008 9:08:36 AM PDT by Phantom Lord (Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
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To: Old Sarge

She has an effervescent transexual quality. The kind of woman I refer to as ‘mac.’


10 posted on 07/03/2008 9:09:09 AM PDT by Sgt Joe Friday 714
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To: libh8er

This was obvious to me in high school, watching what went on with the sexually active. It had a profound impact on me, and for the same reasons this article states.


11 posted on 07/03/2008 9:09:53 AM PDT by Lizavetta
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bump


12 posted on 07/03/2008 9:09:54 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: libh8er

Maybe she just needs to meet the right kind of rake ;=)


13 posted on 07/03/2008 9:10:35 AM PDT by Natchez Hawk (Truth: The anti-drug war.)
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To: avacado
" When seen in the cold light of the morning after the night before..."


14 posted on 07/03/2008 9:10:36 AM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: libh8er

Why is her first name the same as her last name?


15 posted on 07/03/2008 9:10:46 AM PDT by Xenalyte (~ ~ FREE LAZAMATAZ! ~ ~)
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To: libh8er

At 28 I would think she should have more self awareness. If she was 19 I’d let it slide, but at her age, she should know better and realize she should choose more wisely.


16 posted on 07/03/2008 9:11:22 AM PDT by Sgt Joe Friday 714
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To: libh8er
"...saying she felt "used and cheated."

Geez, buck-up...no wait, thats what got you in trouble in the first place.
17 posted on 07/03/2008 9:11:48 AM PDT by SouthDixie (We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly.)
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To: Sgt Joe Friday 714
‘mac.’

What?

18 posted on 07/03/2008 9:12:08 AM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
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To: Lizavetta

This should be talked about more. Sex is not just a physical act. It ties up with emotions of people, and that’s why casual sex should be discouraged.

On a related subject, there are high rates of depression in women who have abortions. This whole business of casual sex results sometimes in unwanted pregnancy. People are told you can just get an abortion to take care of any accidents. But, it’s hard for many women to do that. This too should be discussed, that abortion is not simply a minor medical procedure that you get done one day, and then just forget about the next.


19 posted on 07/03/2008 9:12:35 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: LasVegasMac

S/he has a certain mannish quality.


20 posted on 07/03/2008 9:12:42 AM PDT by Sgt Joe Friday 714
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To: NRA1995

That’s a MAN, baby!


21 posted on 07/03/2008 9:12:52 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: libh8er
After all, in this day and age, if men can do it, why can't women?

Because men and women are different. Thank God they are.

22 posted on 07/03/2008 9:13:08 AM PDT by AreaMan
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To: libh8er

From "Remembering a Sixties Terrorist" -by Donna Ron
FrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, January 04, 2006:

"when I was getting ready to leave [Bill] Ayers told me I couldn’t go until I slept with his roommate and his brother. At this point Bill and I had slept together just once. I was sexually inexperienced, having had only one serious boyfriend with whom I had recently broken up. At first I thought Ayers was joking. I got up; and went to the door. He moved quickly to block me at the doorway. He locked the door and put the chain on it. I went to the couch and sat down and told him that I had no intention of having sex with his roommate and his brother or him. He said that I had no choice but to do as he said if I wanted to get out of there. He claimed that I wouldn’t sleep with his married roommate because he was black -- that I was a bigot. I got up from the couch and walked over to the black roommate’s bed and put myself on it and he ****** me. I went totally out of my body. I floated beside myself on the outside and above the bed looking at this black stranger **** me angrily while I hated myself."

Remembering a Sixties Terrorist -by Donna Ron
FrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, January 04, 2006:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=9E8CD8A7-E90B-4311-8AA9-AEFD014A14B2

23 posted on 07/03/2008 9:13:13 AM PDT by ETL (Plenty of REAL smoking-gun evidence on the demonRats at my FR home page)
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To: AreaMan

God created man an woman to be equal,

Satan tries to make them the same.


24 posted on 07/03/2008 9:14:27 AM PDT by MrB (You can't reason people out of a position that they didn't use reason to get into in the first place)
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To: avacado

25 posted on 07/03/2008 9:14:27 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Huh?)
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To: avacado

nolo contendre


26 posted on 07/03/2008 9:14:50 AM PDT by tumblindice (Das Boot!)
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To: avacado

” That’s a MAN, baby!”


27 posted on 07/03/2008 9:15:01 AM PDT by exit82 (Are the environmentalists gonna pay my heating bill this winter?)
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To: libh8er
'But I felt as though I was getting conflicting signals from men. They'd say whatever it took to get me into bed and then drop me. '

DUH!!!!!

Does this girl not have a MOM or even a DAD who sat her down long before she was 22 to tell her some fundamental facts about men in general?

28 posted on 07/03/2008 9:15:38 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: libh8er

I suggest that she, after some extensive soul searching, should become a teacher.


29 posted on 07/03/2008 9:17:57 AM PDT by Loyal Buckeye
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To: libh8er

30 posted on 07/03/2008 9:18:02 AM PDT by WakeUpAndVote (Huh?)
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To: HamiltonJay

Aisling will soon be holding her licker.


31 posted on 07/03/2008 9:19:24 AM PDT by safetysign
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To: libh8er
Dear Miss Assling,

One cannot have their cake and eat it too. Wait a minute, that's probably not a good analogy for this situation.

32 posted on 07/03/2008 9:22:22 AM PDT by DJ Taylor (Once again our country is at war, and once again the Democrats have sided with our enemy.)
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To: Lizavetta
watching what went on with the sexually active.

That is why you don't get to watch any more .

33 posted on 07/03/2008 9:23:01 AM PDT by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it , freedom has a flavor the protected will never know)
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To: Xenalyte

Johnny Two-Times, Johnny Two-Times


34 posted on 07/03/2008 9:23:10 AM PDT by stainlessbanner
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To: libh8er
Aisling Aisling, 28, regretted every second of her one-night stand, saying she felt "used and cheated"

So tell the world about it...with photos.

When last night's 'Brad Pitt' looks more like Mr Bean, a woman's self-respect plummets. As for actually marrying the 'Brad Pitts' of this world, a promiscuous woman jeopardises her chances of attracting a high-status long-term partner by giving away her assets too cheaply.

Christie Brinkley got a high-status Brad Pitt-handsome guy. Sheesh. Women never learn.

35 posted on 07/03/2008 9:25:15 AM PDT by snarks_when_bored
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To: libh8er

After all, in this day and age, if men can do it, why can’t women?
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Absolutely LOL. Like women haven’t been doing it for, what, at least 30 years. That goes back to my college days, and I’m sure a few of my freeper friends with a few years on me can push that date back even a few years before that.

This young woman’s issues are clearly much deeper than the self-loathing she is experiencing due to her serial one night stands. That she continued to put herself in the same position (careful, it’s a family show) time after time amply demonstrates that, at least to me.


36 posted on 07/03/2008 9:25:48 AM PDT by dmz
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Megan Roberts, 23, thinks one-night stands are 'cool'. "The only person I should answer to is myself", she says

yet, she provides no phone #. Stupid tease!

37 posted on 07/03/2008 9:26:10 AM PDT by No_More_Harkin
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To: TonyInOhio
She must not have done it properly.

L

38 posted on 07/03/2008 9:26:56 AM PDT by Lurker (Islam is an insane death cult. Any other aspects are PR, to get them within throat-cutting range.)
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To: Lizavetta
And I'm sure alcohol plays some part in it all, adding a dynamic of its own. 'What women don't realise - and American studies have shown this - is that while men set very high standards for their long-term partners, the threshold for short-term encounters tends to drop like a stone.

In short, men really aren't very choosy at all about whom they have one-night stands with, so spending the night with you is not necessarily a sign that he finds you especially attractive at all.'

Twenty-four-year-old Laura Nettley, a single account manager from South London, believes the research confirms everything she has begun to suspect.

Again, where are these girls PARENTS? I am always amazed at how unbelievably stupid many women are when it comes to men. How is it remotely possible for any girl to not know the fundamental basics? What crap are they being exposed to to where they don't know this stuff by 13, let alone their 20s?

Here, point blank ladies.. as a guy, I'm telling you.. MEN ARE PIGS. Now, not all men are pigs all the time, but MEN ARE PIGS. Some men are pigs 24/7, fortunately not most.. but we all are PIGS at some point in our lives, nearly every one of us can admit to being a complete pig, if we are willing to be honest.

But you see, if we are horny, and we think you are willing, guess what, at that particular point we aren't likely to be honest about the fact we are pings. I can say that I've never told a lie to get a gal in the sack, but I can say most of the men I know have... And yes, you'd be suprised how many upstanding fine men generally speaking I've seen do it.

A horny guy will sleep with just about anyone, provided there will be no photographic evidence or his friends don't know. So if you think casual sex is going to validate your ego.. you are likely to be vastly disappointed.

39 posted on 07/03/2008 9:27:27 AM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: libh8er
'He pursued me relentlessly and I felt flattered that he was attracted to me, but after I slept with him I never heard from him again.

Mothers have always told their daughters this important fact...Maybe fathers need to be blunt with their daughters and explain to them the male point of view----what many boys think about casual sex ...

40 posted on 07/03/2008 9:28:08 AM PDT by Dr. Scarpetta
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Aisling, who asked that her surname be kept private,

No problem, though, with posing for the picture.

41 posted on 07/03/2008 9:29:42 AM PDT by HIDEK6
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To: libh8er
I got a laugh that the one night stand thread had this freepathon picture when I first loaded it.

How appropriate that the horn dog in chief would be the first one to show up.

42 posted on 07/03/2008 9:29:44 AM PDT by KarlInOhio (Whale oil: the renewable biofuel for the 21st century.)
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To: libh8er

Remember that in feminist dogma, a woman can accuse a man of rape even if it was consensual, if she “feels” raped.


43 posted on 07/03/2008 9:30:27 AM PDT by BooksForTheRight.com (Fight liberal lies with knowledge. Read conservative books and articles.)
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To: Dr. Scarpetta

Furthermore, they should try to teach their SONS a bit of respect and restraint, too.

I’m a man BTW and believe this.

Granted, I also observe that sometimes, it’s a bit cruel how men want sex more than women...even in the context of marriage.


44 posted on 07/03/2008 9:34:20 AM PDT by RockinRight (I just paid $63 for gas. An icefield in Alaska is NOT the Grand Canyon. F--- the caribou.)
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To: muawiyah

In Britain, the average straight woman has five partners in a lifetime.

http://www.mrc.ac.uk/NewsViewsAndEvents/News/MRC002043

This woman pursued a slutty lifestyle and is unhappy with the results.

She says:

“When last night’s ‘Brad Pitt’ looks more like Mr Bean, a woman’s self-respect plummets. As for actually marrying the ‘Brad Pitts’ of this world, a promiscuous woman jeopardises her chances of attracting a high-status long-term partner by giving away her assets too cheaply.”

It doesn’t sound like she knows what love is. Her search for a “Brad Pitt”, “high status”, “partner” (not husband) just sounds pathetic.


45 posted on 07/03/2008 9:34:57 AM PDT by Soliton (Investigate, study, learn, then express an opinion)
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To: WakeUpAndVote

Sure got mine!


46 posted on 07/03/2008 9:36:23 AM PDT by SouthTexas (Invert the 5-4 and you have no rights.)
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To: avacado

I think her wardrobe is a bigger problem.


47 posted on 07/03/2008 9:37:35 AM PDT by angcat (Indian name "She who yells too much")
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To: libh8er
Trust me, this woman's head was a mess long before any one night stands.

'One guy, who was meant to be a close friend, took advantage of me when I was really drunk. We ended up having sex, and in the morning I was mortified.'

I feel quite confident that she's been drunk every single time she gave the "go" signal for a one-nighter. And she probably still hasn't figured out that that's the problem. Things that seem like a great idea when one is drunk/drugged, usually don't seem so great when one is in chemically unimpaired. Drunk driving, one night stands, telling your boss what you really think of him/her, you name it.

Ms. Aisling Aisling is rather quick to blame the fellow for "taking advantage" of her when she was drunk. But in all likelihood, he was equally drunk, and no more able to make good decisions than she was.

48 posted on 07/03/2008 9:42:31 AM PDT by GovernmentShrinker
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To: libh8er
"At the party where they'd met, the prospect of a no-strings, one-night stand with a handsome young man had felt sexy, slightly dangerous, liberating and a salve to the ego following the end of a four-year relationship."

So she used some guy but now she feels used?

49 posted on 07/03/2008 9:43:34 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: libh8er

"I'm a slutty woman with absolutely no moral grounding. God, I hate myself."

50 posted on 07/03/2008 9:43:48 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes (You knew the job was dangerous when you took it.)
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