We’ve all heard the phrase: “You’ve got to drive a few Hondas to appreciate a Ferrari.” But I am here to ask the question: Do you?

For those of you not yet under the high school rock of sexual education, I’m not talking about cars. I’m talking about when you roll over the next morning and see who you just slept with. That’s a feeling I’m sure a lot of us know a little too well.

For guys in particular, it’s a common occurrence to have sex with a girl you originally would not because of pressure to have a high “number” by the time you leave college and enter the real world. It’s something that is supposed to prove, once and for all, just who the “manliest man” is.

I’m here to say that idea is as prehistoric as the guy who discovered fire. There’s no reason to have sex for the reason of having sex. If you don’t find a girl attractive — ladies, the same goes for you with us guys — don’t sleep with that person.

Sounds easy, right? Well in theory, yes, but there are certain things you only realize in college that make the distinction between attractive and not.

For starters, there’s this thing called alcohol. Maybe you’ve been acquainted with alcohol before. Our dear friend alcohol can blur the line between someone who you would want to go home with and someone you would regret.

I call it the three-point line. There is a certain threshold of drunkenness where you have to do some deeper assessment of who you are talking to. You have to deduct three points from her original 1-10 attractiveness scale right off the bat.

I know it sounds harsh, and yes, there is a lot more to value in a woman than her attractiveness. It’s just that I don’t think you are really looking for those qualities when you are 10 drinks deep at Rick’s. That is when both the girl and the guy need to take inventory of what they are trying to accomplish that night.

The point is this: mass media, society and all the teenage comedies about college I watched in high school tell you one thing — you better get laid, over and over again. Call me old-fashioned, but I think you should not hate to wake up the next morning and have to talk to the person, even if it doesn’t come close to being a relationship.

Of course, if you want to have casual sex, awesome! Seriously, this can be a great time for that. All I am saying is value yourself enough to have sex with people that are attractive, physically and in other ways.

If you get a high number with people like that, you just might have done college right.

Geoff Preston is a reporter at The State News. Reach him at gpreston@statenews.com.