Contacts are made quickly at the Oktoberfest – including sexual ones. Couples therapist Heike Melzer on the question of where cheating begins and special rules of conduct for visiting the marquee.
Interviewed by
Catherine Hase
The Oktoberfest is not only a place where you can celebrate well, but also where you can obandln, as they say in Bavaria. Because where could it be easier to make contacts than tightly packed in the Oktoberfest tent? If the chemistry is right, then the sexual attraction is there quickly and the alcohol makes many concerns go away. It’s only stupid if you’re already in a relationship whose counterpart won’t forgive such a misstep. Heike Melzer, medical psychotherapist specializing in couple and sex therapy, about the pitfalls for couples at the Wiesn and how the marquee atmosphere can make it easier for singles to flirt.