With the endless amounts of due dates and papers heaped upon us, and tests looming around the corner, summer is a welcome breath of fresh air, whether you’re going home, living at the beach, or working around Orlando. Many of us are welcoming the change of scenery, knowing it couldn’t come at a better time. And with a new environment to keep us occupied, there will be a plethora of new guys to choose from.
We all know the cliché “summer love” ideal that movies make a reality. It’s wonderful, effortless, and brief. This is both the highlight and the curse of them.
You go home for the summer, meet a hot guy through a friend of your friend’s, you two click and before you know it, you guys are inseparable. You meet his friends, he meets yours. But the question lingers nonetheless. What do you do when summer’s over?
He goes to the university two hours away from you conveniently, even though you both went to the same high school. Realistically, no matter how much fun you’re having with this guy now, you know that it won’t last. Sure the two of you may text each other, and he might even come down to one of your school’s football games. But that’ll be the extent of it. You know that.
So what do you do? I’d say, before you go home, or head out on that trip with your girls you’ve been planning for the past three months, remind yourself—summer is your time. Go into it with an open mind, zero expectations, and prepare yourself for the best summer of your life!
Just make sure you don’t let your heart get involved. As tempting as it can be, especially when you meet that irresistible guy, you have to consistently remind yourself, summer is for you!!
This summer ladies, let’s enjoy ourselves! We’ve worked hard all school year, and this is our breather before we take the plunge into yet another year of amazing craziness. We can’t waste this opportunity for relaxation by letting our hearts soak up the fun from an otherwise fabulous vacation!
What would start out as an otherwise innocent hook-up can turn into a very tricky relationship come fall if you’re not careful. And relationships can sneak up on anyone, no matter who you are, or how opposed you are to having one.
Even if it doesn’t lead to a committed relationship, you still don’t want to have any sense of attachment to this guy, because you don’t want to give another person the opportunity to ruin your vacation. If you forget and think, even for the quickest of seconds, that maybe you could date this guy, or that you actually really like him, you’re putting your heart on the line, and the second you put that out there, you’re putting your happiness on the line as well.
And who knows where that could lead? If we go out there, committed only to enjoying ourselves, and putting ourselves first, summer is guaranteed to be a success!
By all means, go out there, meet amazing new people, and never turn down that opportunity. But this summer, let’s make it our business NOT to get attached to anyone. Let’s just be free and enjoy what we have.
And even if you’re taking summer classes, or loading up your schedule with tons of work, make it a point to take time for yourself and enjoy the sun, enjoy your friends, enjoy everything. We deserve it!