Whether you’re taking classes, relaxing at home or building your résumé with an internship, chances are things are heating up for you in more ways than one this summer. Summer hookups – better known as summer flings – are ideally an adorable relationship filled with trips to the beach, stargazing in the bed of a pick-up truck, slow dancing in the moonlight and blasting 'your song' on the beach with your waterproof speakers because you know that tide sneaks up on you.
However, most of our lives are very far from ideal and often result in horror stories. Below are some of the hookups from summers past that might leave you relieved with what you consider to be your horror story.
Survivor: Shacker Edition
"One time I shacked at this guy’s house and when he dropped me off in the morning I had no phone, keys, or purse and all the doors were locked to my house. It was freezing outside and naturally I was in a dress and heels from the night before. So I pulled the cover off of the grill and crawled inside it to keep warm until my roommates woke up and finally rescued me a few hours later."
--23-year-old female
Sister, Sister
"I had just started dating this girl and when I was out at a party after I had a lot to drink, I spotted her across the room. I went up behind her and laid a big one on her, just to find out that it was actually her twin sister. Whoops."
--20-year-old male
That’s Not My Name
"I was hooking up with this one girl that I was friends with for a while and she had just broken up with her boyfriend. I had always thought she was cute and we would flirt occasionally, so when they broke up we hit it off. When we were hanging out I kept asking her if she was using me as rebound because I didn’t want things to get awkward between us, but she insisted that she wasn’t. She was successful in assuring me, that is until we were hooking up and she kept calling me her ex-boyfriend’s name."
--21-year-old male
A Birthday Surprise
"It was my 18th birthday and first birthday away from home during my freshman summer. My parents were really sad that they couldn’t spend the day with me, but I told them not to worry about it and that I would come home on the weekend and thought nothing more of it. As most summer freshmen, I had a guy that I was “talking” to and we were celebrating my birthday in a slightly different way than my parents and I usually would. Things started getting hot and heavy and my phone kept going off but we both just ignored it. Then we heard a knock and the door and when I opened the door my jaw hit the floor as I saw my parents holding a birthday cake and balloons screaming, ‘Happy birthday, Princess!’ They obviously saw my boy toy and the rest of the day was extremely awkward."
--22-year-old female
The Naked Man
"I was talking to this guy all night at the bar and ended up going back to his house to ‘hangout’ at the end of the night. During the cab ride back to his place, I texted my friend to pick me up ASAP because I really didn’t want anything to happen with him. So to kill time when we got there, I went to the bathroom to freshen up. When I came out he was completely naked sitting on the bed on one knee, I was mortified. I immediately ran out of the house and thankfully my friend was already there. I jumped in her car and never saw him again."
--22-year-old female
Set the mood first: Prevent this miscommunication horror story from happening to you by setting the mood first so you know where you stand before you put it… all… out there. Turn on your Monster SuperStar BackFloat Waterproof Bluetooth Speaker that floats and is only $149 at MonsterProducts.com. That way whether you are at the house, your dorm room or in the pool, you can link your phone in seconds, hit shuffle on your Spotify list and set the mood so you can score the summer makeout you’ve been wanting. You’re welcome.
Needless to say, you are definitely not alone with your less-than-perfect summer fling. Just remember that even when you think that the worst has come to worse, fall semester (aka relationship season) is right around the corner.
