Or not as the case may be.

For serial offenders there’s a man out there who knows your pain and would like to share with you the secrets of staying on the straight and narrow. Avoiding those short-lived, high risk encounters is what its all about for Matthew Richardson who is Mergers & Acquisitions by day, Unethical & Amoral by moonlight. From Bitter Lawyer: How to NOT Sleep With a Summer Associate:

My favorite time of year has arrived. Late spring. The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, the skirts are short and the 2010 Summer Program is around the corner. As we all know, I struggle to resist the temptation of luring a hot female summer back to my lair for a night of meaningless sex.

However, this summer, I’m trying to avoid the temptation entirely.
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Let me be clear: I know my demons will come calling at some point. But, in order to best to suppress them as long possible, I’ve drafted an outline—no, COMMANDMENTS—for how I will, for once, survive this summer and actually come out looking better in the eyes of the firm instead of worse. Sort of like the opposite of manifest destiny.

If you are a kindred spirit and you don’t have a solution or yours just doesn’t work click here to continue reading Richardson’s “Five Commandments” at Bitter Lawyer.