Maybe this is your first time..maybe you’ve experienced this moment a thousand times before. The night has passed and you can see the sun starting to shine through the window. You look to the man next to you and may either smile or grimace to yourself. “What the hell was I thinking? And how the hell do I get out of here?” Even if you were fortunate enough to have someone really gorgeous laying beside you in the bed the thought of what he will think as soon as he opens his eyes could bring a woman to tears. With infinite choices sometimes the easiest exit is the simplest. This is our guide to a graceful exit no matter how nasty the night got.

Here are some ways to make a graceful exit no matter how nasty the night got:

Don’t Think Too Much or Get “Too Deep”
Here comes the first step of making an exit. Time for a reality check-you just slept with a stranger. No matter how many sweet nothings were whispered in your ear, or if he gave you his last name out of courtesy, you still don’t know this man. Many things are said when things go bump in the night. There is a remote possibility that things may lead elsewhere in the future but until he pursues that leave it alone. Realize that most men operate on a different level than females sexually. True some females can separate emotion from physical fulfillment but for men it almost comes naturally. As women we are innately emotional by nature(not a bad thing)! Keep the interaction very simple and uncomplicated. When you first wake dress yourself as if you’re just waking up for work on a Monday morning. If you start getting dressed and feeling self-conscious or slutty he’s going to read that through your body language. Conduct yourself with extreme confidence, own your actions, and accept your choices. You will feel better walking away. Exchange goodbyes, maybe add in a random “i enjoyed myself” so that he knows the experience left a good impression on your mind. If you haven’t already exchanged numbers or agreed to leave it alone at this point. Trust me, if a man knows he wants to see you again he will make sure he knows how to contact you.

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The “Walk of Shame” Doesn’t Have to Be Shameful
Don’t bother trying to clean yourself up at his place. Get home as soon as possible to avoid an awkward situation. Washing your face and combing your hair are the least of your worries. You need a proper pampering at home so you can relax. Washing your face does no good if you have morning breath and smell like a mixture of sex, perfume, and sweat. So you’ve gotten past the small talk and handled yourself super cool up until the point that you make your exit from the scene. Time to go outside into the daylight where people will see you most likely in your “club clothes” if you left from a party or club from the night prior. The reality is that this happens regularly in the world, and unless you let what people think or say about you hurt- you’re going to be just fine. Hopefully you’re returning from a fulfilling night of sensual satisfaction so carry yourself with a little bit of confidence. You’re a woman who knew what she wanted and went after it.

Having a One Night Stand Doesn’t Make You a Whore
So you get home and it’s time to shower and get on with your day. Take the time to pamper yourself and relax. Unwind and your mind will be more at ease. Having a fling overnight doesn’t make you a whore. Your personal conduct and behavior on a daily basis determines that. Don’t beat yourself up too much or allow guilt to consume you. “Good girls” have one night stands too! You have control over your emotions and feelings towards yourself. No one can make you feel inferior without you allowing them to. If this is unlike your normal behavior just chalk it up to experience, and take the situation for exactly what it was.

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There are a certain amount of inevitable circumstances all single women have to accept. For instance, attending parties and work functions alone, being sat at the dreaded ‘singles’ tables at weddings, no morning sex (unless you are either very naughty or very lucky), and the walk of shame. For those of you who don’t know what ‘the walk’ is, it is that dreaded walk home that usually follows an alcoholically induced, poor sexual choice.

Your eyes pop open in slight disorientation as to where you are and how the hell you got there. Then you see Casanova snoring next to you, who, in daylight is not the Armani model look-alike you thought he was. You get up, feeling like your head is about to implode, and then you make the biggest mistake of all: looking in the mirror! Your hair looks like a rat nested in it for the night, and your mascara has made rings around your eyes that make you look like you were paid for last night’s activities and live in a gutter. Your teeth feel like they are wearing sweaters, and the very worst of it is…you have to walk home like that.

On your walk home, your platform heels and freakem’ dress, violently screams ‘slut!’, even though it certainly didn’t the night before. Then come the looks. Everyone is looking at you like you should be burned at the stake for witchcraft. Well – not everyone; women give that look, and guys give you the eyebrow raise, which usually translates to, ‘niiiiiice.’ Either way, the scorn of your shame feels like the sun is beating down on your neck, and you are literally sweating like a whore in church.

Hopefully you are lucky enough to go home and change your clothes and wash your face, or you could end up like me, in college, going straight to my Friday morning class. The class happened to be ‘Jane Austen as a Prominent English Writer;’ by the by, and something about reading about women in petticoats while I am in the same clothes I did shots of Jack Daniels in just felt wrong.

Just remember: if you have the unpleasant experience of taking the walk of shame, either get a cab and avoid it, or know that thousands have gone before you and thousands will go after you. It is part of being blissfully unavailable, yet available to everyone. Put on a mischievous-looking smile and know that people are raising their eyebrows, but probably out of jealousy, because they most likely watched reruns of Jeopardy! last night.