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College Confessional: Casual Sex Scores High Marks

Our intern Erika Sarmiento Usui, a senior at the University of Colorado at Boulder, begs to differ with yesterday's College Confessional about a healthy relationship being the key to the perfect GPA.



I don't want a boyfriend.



With a full credit load and a 40-hour a week work schedule, a boyfriend is the last thing on my Santa list. If my already packed days become even more swamped with daily phone calls, routine dates, fights and make-ups, I'm just going to give up on school and join the circus.



Yes, having a special someone who can provide both organization and orgasm is romantic. He's there to bring you coffee when you're pulling all-nighters, and he'll even make you breakfast in bed after a night of steamy, hot lovin'.



But that's just not for me. I was in a common-law marriage through my first few years in school, and having someone who wanted to know every aspect of my personal and educational endeavors was, for me, irksome. Breakfast in bed? Yes, it's very thoughtful and lovely, but I'd rather hit snooze at least five times to get every minute of possible beauty sleep. As for sex, it's nice to have a passionate lover who knows how to turn me on--but why not have five who can show me a good time?

I don't want a boyfriend.With a full credit load and a 40-hour a week work schedule, a boyfriend is the last thing on my Santa list. If my already packed days become even more swamped with daily phone calls, routine dates, fights and make-ups, I'm just going to give up on school and join the circus.Yes, having a special someone who can provide both organization and orgasm is romantic. He's there to bring you coffee when you're pulling all-nighters, and he'll even make you breakfast in bed after a night of steamy, hot lovin'.But that's just not for me. I was in a common-law marriage through my first few years in school, and having someone who wanted to know every aspect of my personal and educational endeavors was, for me, irksome. Breakfast in bed? Yes, it's very thoughtful and lovely, but I'd rather hit snooze at least five times to get every minute of possible beauty sleep. As for sex, it's nice to have a passionate lover who knows how to turn me on--but why not have five who can show me a good time?

One of the most crucial lessons I've learned so far in college is the importance of time management. As such, I am an expert at managing sex and school, booty calls and study sessions. And my grades? Sex: A+. School: Look me up on the Dean's List.



For me, casual sex is not a distraction, nor does it make me vulnerable. Instead, it provides me with stress relief when I've got three exams in two days. It also helps me get to sleep when I'm wired at 1:00 a.m., with an 8:00 a.m. lecture. As for psychological effects, I've got absolutely no worries--at this point, what I want most is to graduate with honors, not amour.



It doesn't matter if they're hot frat boys or dorky engineering nerds; I'll do 'em. My only rule is that they leave both their emotional and overnight baggage at home, because I've got to get up at 7:00 a.m. to take a midterm.

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