Some people lost their virginity on Spring Break, but many more lose something else – their dignity.

Neither of those are things to brag to mom about when you get home from a drawn out Spring Break hot spot.

But that didn’t keep plenty of MTV “look at me” wannabes from acting like animals on break.

Understanding the mentality of Spring Break isn’t something you’ll get until you experience it underneath the hot sun, wherever you might go.

Whether you’re in Florida, Mexico or Texas, the mentality is all the same – what happens here, stays here.

But that usually isn’t the case.

Do you want to be the one forever haunted with getting arrested for smoking pot while swimming fully-clothed in the pool? Maybe you do – maybe a less extreme statement applies to you.

Is a week under the sun an excuse to get drunk all the time and act like a complete moron with no worries?

It’s an opportunity for those who have been waiting years to run around a gas station parking lot with their boxers around their ankles to do so.

Example No. 1: A 450-pound man – who is wasted beyond last month’s milk – attractive to the group of women who are all as drunk as he is, sitting on the side of the pool. That didn’t stop the man from attempting to climb from the pool, strut his gut and fall flat on his face.

As a senior in college, last week was one of the final opportunities I might have to live it up like I’m at a frat party. Only this time, the party included thousands of drunken idiots, not just a handful.

I’m a hypocrite when it comes to many things, this being one of them.

I too, was one of those idiots. But the big difference is I came home with my dignity. Did you come home with yours?

Example No. 2: Spring Break is the perfect time to meet random people. It’s an even better time to find the perfect random hookup. Really, who’s going to find out about it? Well, everyone in the bar, if you’re stupid. While sticking together like two Post-It notes, a happy couple in the bar – who clearly did not know each other – decided that sexual intercourse (I’m being proper here) in front of everyone was attractive.

Ha, definitely not attractive, but definitely a picture-perfect snapshot of idiotic behavior. (Hey, the beach only was 500 feet away. If you’re going to hook up, at least do it in private).

The moral of the story, if you’ve been on a Spring Break trip, is you’ve probably seen things you’ll most likely never see again, unless you make break trips a habit.

Thank you to those of you – everywhere – who continue to provide entertainment for those of us on Spring Break just looking to unwind and have fun.

“Spring Break … extreme!”

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