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captionDOLLYLife advice the down side Words jessica bailey Photography getty images When are mottos like YOLO (You Only Live Once) and LWWY (Live While We’re Young) NOT justified? DOLLY investigates. YOLO do0213p46_ yol.pdf Page 46 18/12/2012, 4:13:07 PM

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captionCALL 13 61 16 TO SUBSCRIBE DOLLY 47 WORDS JESSICA BAILEY PHOTOGRAPHY GETTY IMAGES The appeal of a good acronym Catie, 14, told her mum she was going to her friend Lauren’s place for a sleepover. “We had actually planned to sneak out and go to this party. It was such a good night and we all felt so mischievous sneaking back in. It was a total YOLO moment that we later bragged about to our friends. Looking back though, it was pretty foolish. If something had happened to me, Mum wouldn’t have known where I was,” says Catie. According to psychologist Gemma Cribb (equilibriumpsychology.com. au), these mottos are attempting to justify cray cray behaviour regardless of the consequences. “YOLO and LWWY give teens permission to respond to their impulses without having to think more deeply about anything other than that momentary desire,” says Gemma. “When somebody tweets ‘Oh well, YOLO!’ it means they’re already aware that their decision might not be sensible.” On the flipside, clinical psychologist Sally-Anne McCormack (sally-annemccormack. com.au) says YOLO can be an excuse to deal with peer pressure or embarrassment. “Girls might be pushed into situations that they don’t want to face and instead of saying no, they think ‘What do I have to lose?’” says Sally-Anne. Gemma adds that girls Y OLO. Coined by rapper Drake, whose song “The Motto” has the hook “You only live once. That’s the motto… YOLO,” the tongue-in-cheek phrase (and now popular hashtag) was quickly adopted by abbreviators the world over. According to social media search engine Topsy, YOLO has been tweeted a crazy five million times by peeps justifying their “live-in-the-moment” actions. So when Zac Efron got it tattooed on his hand, we didn’t think twice about it. “He’s living it up,” we thought, “and so should we!” And it seems One Direction are following suit. Their single “Live While We