The University Daily Kanisan
Monday, July 22, 2013
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"SUMMER DREAMS, RIPPED AT THE SEAMS"
EVERY SUMMER HAS A STORY Will your fling live through the fall or is it time to move on?
EMMA LEGUALT editor@kansan.com
Bright and early on the first day of the fall semester, an alarm clock ringone signals the end of a summer free of commitment. Groggily, you get up and sit through the first English lecture.
Thirty minutes into class, a text comes in — it's that person you spent the lazy summer days and electric nights with.
However, there's a decision to be made before you hit reply: should the romance fade faster than a summer tan? Or could you see the two of you still snuggling up, sharing a peppermint late come winter?
If the fling is finished:
If you've decided that it was the delirious heat of the sun that turned you into a starstruck, love-crazed teenager for the past two months and
it's time to end it, don't beat around the bush.
There are a couple of central reasons why summer flings end: the inconvenience of a busy fall schedule, the appeal of having no commitment
"A fling is something you jump into without thinking about it and not really having an expectation...
AMY SCHROEDER sophomore from Colby
and the emotional rollercoaster that comes with having a relationship.
Amy Schroeder, a sophomore from Colby, found herself saying "see ya" to a summer romance because she had a gut feeling going into the school year that it wasn't going to turn into anything else.
"A fling is something you jump into without thinking about it and not really having an expectation about, knowing it's most likely not going to last," she said.
The key is to let them down easy, but stick to your guns.
Schroeder said she started hanging out less and stopped communicating less to get the point across.
If the fling becomes a thing:
A year later, Schroeder was at
According to an article by Angela Kovalyak on CenegageBrain com, there are five steps to ending a summer relationship: spend less time together, don't make future plans, don't trade phone numbers or contact info at the end of the summer, know when the right time to end it is and be honest.
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