Five Rules for Spending the Night with Boys

1. Always keep all your stuff in one place – don’t leave your earrings on a nightstand and your toothbrush in the bathroom. If it’s in one place, you get make a cleaner getaway. If you accidentally leave something behind, boys assume it’s a tactical maneuver to see them again. And it can be a bitch to get it back.

2. Speaking of toothbrush, there are four (4) things you carry with you at all times: travel toothbrush, makeup case, travel deodorant and your chosen method of birth control. You will thank me. These items can make post hook-up brunches the next day so much less painful.

3. Use protection. Unwanted diseases and unwanted children: neither are gorgeous and sassy.

4. If you’re at a family function, and you’ve just been introduced to the ‘rents, don’t let them catch you making out with him. Everywhere. In the yard. In the kitchen. In the trundle bed.

5. In the morning, don’t give him your number unless he asks. If you never want to see him again, it’s perfectly acceptable to give him a fake one.

-Shakira 06.03.04