November 20th 2009

So Reckless Girl and The Ex Walk Into a European Pharmacy...

The other day, Sunshine Girl told me the following story about her vacation in Europe.

While on vacation, Sunshine Girl and her two friends, we will call them Responsible Girl and Reckless Girl, decided to meet up with The Ex of Reckless Girl and his friends at a bar. They ended up getting smashed, eating a lot of potato chips, and dancing the night away. Innocent enough. Or so she thought.

The next morning Sunshine Girl woke up to find two very hung-over girls, which was not surprising considering how much they had to drink. But the real story of the night wouldn’t be fully known until weeks later, once they were back in the US of A.

The story goes like this.

When they returned from the bar, Reckless Girl drunkenly hooked up with The Ex, because nothing rekindles a relationship like booze, dancing and European techno. And while they were engaged in “this seems like a good idea because we are drunk” sex, the condom broke. Reckless Girl was in a panic and forced The Ex to go with her to the pharmacy to buy the morning-after pill in the middle of the night.

She tried to convince him to help pay, but he wasn't interested in contributing any amount to the "let's prevent an accidental pregnancy" fund. Reckless Girl finally coaxed The Ex into changing his mind and shelling out some cash by swearing, blaming, and reasoning that it was his condom that had broken.

Side note: Can you imagine being a little old European lady at the pharmacy in the middle of the night trying to buy cough syrup and witnessing two disheveled, drunk Americans argue about who is going to pay for the morning-after pill? Could they be any more ridiculous?

Reckless Girl went home, packed her bags, and got on a transatlantic flight back to the homeland. Fodor’s should really consider adding a “drunken hookup emergency” section to their travel guide.

These are just the crazy stories people tell me.