A one-night stand is sex with the shared idea that there will not be a second night. Hotels, parties, travel, and apps all supply the setting. The compact is simple and easy to fake. Someone often wants a morning number anyway.

Say the frame before clothes come off if you actually mean it. Protection still matters when you will not know this person’s last test result. A friend should know where you went.

Kindness is cheap: a glass of water, no stolen cash, no photos. If you do want to see them again, say that in the morning rather than vanishing and hoping fate does the texting.

Regret the next day is allowed. So is satisfaction. Neither one has to become a personality.