Cocktail Code

The Single Girl’s Code to Living Life

I used to have only 3 rules, all concerning my chosen vices – drink, sex – and the one I absolutely draw the line at – drugs.

1. Drink - Never drink alone or when the sun is out

I guess the older you get, the more rules you break. Or, as life is an ever evolving process, the rules change as you grow up. Rule #1 was broken pretty quickly when I moved to the United Kingdom. Alcohol was no longer something to be done under the cover of night in a dodgy club where your parents or their friends could catch you at it. Our first tutorial group went to the pub after our afternoon lecture, and there was no conceivable reason not to have a drink if you felt like one.

Wine over lunch became acceptable … classy even. So why not?

As long as one knew their limits of course, which of course I do! (NOT.)

2. Sex - No Sex without Love

I never fooled myself into thinking I was saving myself for marriage. Please! Not like marriage was a certainty … but I had hoped to at least, experience True Love.

And I did. I had a dream first time with my dream man. It was everything I could have asked for. We were madly in love and didn’t see the end, in the way only two fools in love could be. We were each others best friends, we’d convinced ourselves we’d found our other halves. He was my soul mate…. And even though it’s been over for years, I haven’t quite convinced myself there could be another One out there.

However, as he dumped me for the Singaporean Slut that lived down the corridor, that dream died a quick painful death. (It was getting over it that was the agonisingly slow process).

But I was no longer an idealistic teenager in love. I was an adult woman with physical needs and desires. One that wasn’t foolish enough to wait another 22 years for love. Sex can be just that – sex. No complications, no entanglements … just two people enjoying each other’s physical prowess between the sheets, hopefully a mutual respect and affection for each other if not undying love.

I have that now, and I do not feel like it’s anything to be ashamed of. Of course one always feels they deserve better … a Meaningful Relationship, for one … but until that day comes, I don’t see the harm in enjoying myself while I wait.

And any female that has met Dr. Dish would call me a fool if I did turn him down. Meaningful Relationship or not, the man is HOT. And his bedside manner improves with every encounter, I can't complaint just yet.

3. Drugs – TAK NAK!

Nope, there’s no way around this rule, not for me personally. While I enjoy the alcoholic effect of getting tipsy and high … it’s a natural high that’s the best. I do not believe in drugs, in any kind of false chemically-induced happiness (does alcohol count?)… This is one rule I’m never breaking, no matter how old I get.

Like I always say – two out of three ain’t bad.