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Hookup Blog: Straight Talk on Casual Sex
Seventeen short, frank posts on how people hook up, written between 2017 and 2023.
Quick reads on how people hook up
Short, chatty posts about meeting someone for casual sex, and what to do once you have.
They were written between 2017 and 2023, one opinion at a time. Some are practical: how to start a conversation on a train, at a night club, in a bar or across the office, what to text the morning after, how to get your place ready for company. Some are just for fun, like the case for ski holidays, shower time and angry sex. A few ask why people hook up at all, why women say yes, and what makes someone come back for more.
These are older posts, kept at their original addresses, so the odd detail has aged and a couple were written during the pandemic. What hasn’t aged: say what you want, listen to the answer, and carry on only if everyone is keen.
For longer and newer advice, start with the guide to how to hook up and the hookup safety tips, or browse every guide. If you would rather compare sites first, the comparisons put HookUps365 side by side with other services.
Every post, newest first
- Hooking up on the train
3 April 2023. Three rules for chatting someone up on a train: come at them from the front, wait for a quiet moment and say something.
- Get your hook up logistics sorted
24 December 2022. What your place needs before you bring someone back: a clean double bed, a drink to offer and protection to hand.
- Top three things to text a hook up
30 October 2022. Three texts to send the morning after when you want a repeat, from a flirty “You up?” to a compliment.
- Hooking up at a singles event or singles night
25 August 2022. How to work a singles night: read the room, go straight for the person you fancy and turn up alone.
- Hooking up at a night club
24 April 2022. Why a club is an easy place to hook up, and why a club hook up tends to be short-lived.
- Online hook ups have never been easier
7 February 2022. Why meeting online suits busy lives: less time wasted, more people to filter through and a chat before you meet.
- Hook up to fight the coming cold to stay happy
20 October 2021. How having someone to hook up with can lift your mood as the weather turns cold.
- Even more reasons why women want to hook up with you
21 September 2020. Why women say yes to a hook up: it is fun, it is the heat of the moment and it feels great.
- How to hook up with someone you work with
11 December 2019. How to hook up with a colleague: build it slowly, flirt, meet outside work, then ask.
- Top three reasons why women want to hook up
26 April 2019. Three reasons women hook up, and why “it just happened” is rarely the whole story.
- Hook up for sexy shower time, but don’t have sex
22 February 2019. Why a warm shower or a jacuzzi makes a good start to the evening, and why the sex itself is better in bed.
- Your dog will help you hook up, but not your cat
7 September 2018. Why a dog gets you talking to strangers, and why a cat is no help at all.
- The only thing you need to hook up in a bar
17 May 2018. Apps and sites are one way to meet someone, but in a bar the advice is to talk to everyone.
- The best films to watch to hook up
19 April 2018. Which film suits an early hook up, a regular one and a long-running one.
- Snowboarding Sex (ski sex counts)
20 February 2018. Why a ski holiday suits a hook up, when to say hi and how to ask someone back.
- Why angry sex can be awesome
5 January 2018. Why anger can fuel good sex, and why the other person has to be on board first.
- Being buff gets you laid once, being positive gets you more
8 August 2017. A good body gets you noticed once, a good attitude is what brings people back.
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