One night stands don't cut it for me at this point. My lifestyle is not conducive and also there's a lot of ground work to do beforehand. You either have to plough through profiles or get into elaborate email exchanges, or spend time hanging out in bars. Plus, if you go through a dry spell, it's awful for a while and you feel like you're going to die from frustration, but like any addiction, the desire fades a little bit at least. A hook up leaves you wanting more, but almost inevitably the physical attraction is not matched with an emotional or intellectual attraction, hence the tendency for hook ups to be unsuitable as a partner.
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