If your interest is something that you envision to be long-term with someone who gives you emotional support rather than use you for the time being then keep reading.

Summer is the time where nights get longer and drinks grow stronger. With that being said your first priority is having fun while you let your brain shut down for a bit so you can relax from the rough school year you just endured. You tend to not make the best decisions when you don't use your brain in situations. What then starts to happen is you get lonely, you don't think rationally, and in the spur of the moment you find yourself in bed with somebody you just met at a party. Now if you were just looking for a one night stand by all means but I hate the possibility of a "fling" happening because in flings somebody always becomes invested and ends up wanting more. For some people they can do the whole summer fling thing, no attachment with the agreement to keep things a short-term arrangement. Those people can flip an on-off switch with their feelings and have fun in the meantime but if you’re a person like me, you consider yourself more of a long term type of girl who falls head over heels very easily.

What sounds better than a whirlwind romance at the beach? Where you spend all day with a person soaking in sun rays, listening to the ocean waves with your toes in the sand. Everything seems to be peaceful with nothing else getting in the way but once it comes time for you both to return back to school and the weather begins to get a little colder your then left picking up the pieces of your heart when your told long distance is just not something their looking to jump into right now. Take it from someone who's been there, a good way to avoid getting involved in flings over the summer is to hang out with old friends, I'm sure there is lots to catch up on with your home friend group. Enjoy some time in the sun with friends or family during BBQ's or boat parties. You can also get a job to keep yourself occupied while saving up a couple bucks in the process.

Just some friendly advice, not everyone's "summer lovin" will end up as well as it did for Sandy and Danny in the classic film "Grease." If you don't think summer flings are something you can handle then by all costs try to avoid getting wrapped up in one. You don't need the company of a guy in order to have a great summer. Stick with spending time with friends and family, you have plenty of time to have a so called "thing" with a person once you get back to college but for now just roll your windows down and play tracks form Beyoncé's new empowering album "Lemonade" especially my favorite song "I ain't sorry" and let that soon be your anthem to a summer fling free summer.