Pump and Dump

I said this term to a friend while I was at home, describing a one-night stand, and he looked at me a little strangely for a second, then burst into laughter, he had never heard it before. His wife didn't get it, so I had to explain "It's when you have sex with a girl and never call her again". She laughed, but clearly didn't find it as amusing as we did. She laughed nervously, which made me laugh inside while my buddy shot her a sideways glance that made me laugh even more internally.

The reason I bring it up is that one of the biggest things my female friends talk about is "Why didn't he call me?", and I would like to give a male's perspective on the subject. The "he" above is always some guy that a girl met out, went home with, and never heard from again. For sake of argument I will broaden the focus from girls who I sleep with and don't call to girls I hook up with and don't call.

I'm sitting here scrolling through the contact list in my cell phone and I count four names that I recognize as girls who I hooked up but never called again. I also see two abbreviations for names that I don't recognize. I will not include these in this, but I am sure these abbreviations fall into the previous category.

Without getting too heavy into the stats, I can tell you: A) None of my serious girlfriends slept with me on the first date. B) Of the girls that I did sleep with on the first date I called about 50% again. C) From this group none of the relationships lasted more than a few months.

I hate to say it, but if you use me as a barometer for male behavior (and may God have mercy on your soul if you do) the odds are not good a guy will call you if you sleep with him on the first date. I think this is mostly a conquest thing. Once you plant your flag on the summit of a mountain there aren't many reasons to climb back up, you move on to the next mountain. Obviously, it is not in my best interest to tell women this, but I don't think we are going to see a major drop in sexual activity nationwide from this blog post.

It's ironic, really. We (guys) expend so much time, money and effort to get laid. When we finally do get a little action we lose interest. We have the attention spans of goldfish, always chasing the new shiny object.