I went to a great session (one of many) at Eroticon last Sunday, run by queer anthropologist Jamie Lawson. At one point he flashed up on screen this thought-provoking question, which I quickly tweeted out to my followers.
The answers were really interesting, and got me thinking about my own history with one-night stands. A couple of days later, I dug out my sex spreadsheet and ticked off the partners I’d only seen once – 28% of the total, which in my case adds up to a fair few people.
I started to make a few notes about one of them and it turned into the post below. I enjoyed writing it so much that I quickly decided this was something I didn’t want to end up as a one-off – that the appropriate way to do justice to those brief encounters was to capture here as many as I can remember in sufficient detail.