What happens on holiday shouldn’t always stay on holiday…
When you're on holidays, you tend to do things just because you
can. Like sleep in 'til lunch time, lie by the pool all day, go out
every night and, well, 'loosen up' a little.
For some reason when you activate The Holiday Mode, the routines
and rules you once swore by cease to exist, and the only thing
that's present in your mind is that nobody is there to watch over
you or share 'postcards' on what went on the night before.
You find yourself dancing on tables, buying rounds of shots for
strangers, befriending anyone that looks in your direction and
disco pashing (and going to bed with) someone you usually wouldn't
on home soil.
Back home, if a guy wore the wrong shoes, had annoying mates or
used a really cheesy line, you would smile politely then call one
of your girls over for back-up.
For some reason when we're at our local, we're wired to measure
each guy who tries their luck against our ever-growing list of
rules and must-have qualities.
However, The Holiday Mode deactivates the little voice in our
heads telling us 'he wouldn't fit in with your friends' or 'he's
too short' or 'he's mates with someone you've already hooked up
with' because all you're looking for is a little fun - you're on
holidays after all. Your guard is down, prerequisites forgotten and
you're living in the moment, AKA you're a typical guy on any given
day.
While recently heavily in The Holiday Mode, I (wait for it) went
home with a guy who would not have usually passed the home-based
bureaucratic chain of approvals (insert gasp).
Usually I'd be concerned with what everyone would think, the
repercussions of whispers and stories, but that's the brilliant
thing about The Holiday Mode. Nobody is there to see it or tut at
you about it and, better yet, you find that you actually don't care
if they would.
You find a new self you never knew existed. Someone who is
confident, fun and indifferent to the long-list of regulations we
as females hold ourselves to, to avoid becoming the S word.
But why should we only get to feel like this on holidays? I'm
embracing The Holiday Mode and I am downloading it to everyday
life. What is so wrong with losing a few pages from your rulebook
if you're having fun and not hurting anyone? I'm not saying we
should all have constant, random sex (unless that's what you're
after) but as a consenting, single adult, there's nothing wrong
with letting your guard down for a little wrestle with someone you
wouldn't usually allow in your ring every now and then.
Why do you think you're always at your happiest when you're on
holidays? (Aside form the no-work factor) Because you're carefree
and you don't sweat the small stuff. Applying this to everyday life
means not all the perks of being on holidays have to end when the
suitcases are unpacked. What a way to ease the post-holiday
blues!
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