Is it unusual for Cheaters to demand an "Exclusive Relationship" when they are offered the option of a Friends With Benefits Relationship?

[ShadezMcgee]

People cheat on each other with partners all the time. By choosing to do a friends with benefits with someone, you are not exclusive and can date around without it being called cheating. You may have a stronger bond and sexual chemistry with someone, but you don't have to worry about relationship insecurity since I'd you are fairly good at attracting the opposite sex you are not in a scarcity mindset.

Now on the other side, I am a more selective and relationship kind of guy. Every time I connected with a woman I liked it usually was into a relationship that last for a couple of months or a fling in those cases, but at the end of the day, I would rather have a woman who values what I value, is easy on the eyes and that can click with me on the chemistry aspect. I know that entering relationships are risky and that they can end abruptly with little to no context.

Take my girlfriend now. Can she cheat? Yes. Could I cheat? Yes. Will I? No. I won't. All I know is that I am willing to be vulnerable and show trust to my girlfriend at the end of the day, but I am also aware that she could up and leave tomorrow if she isn't feeling it and I could be thrown for a loop. The thing is that you have to be okay and be able to let go if that happens.

[djmzes]

Simple
What is difference... There is no difference. It just selling the same stuff under a "cleaner" brand.

[personontheinternet2]

I think a lot of the time cheating is about control and some cheaters like to think they can make their partners jealous. They like knowing how much the other person likes/loves them and being able to sleep around and still keep their partner. If you offer them friends with benefits they don't get that control because you're happy for casual and perhaps not looking to rely/codepend on the in the way they want. BUT that's a cynical view

[Gwenhwyfar]

Because cheating is all about possession and control. They (usually but not always male) want their partner to be faithful while they fuck around and are willing to lie to both their partner and the person they’re cheating with in order to get this.

[OlderAndWiser]

You are assuming that cheaters will be honest.

[Anonymous]

It happens. Happened to me as well. People come and go in our lives. Sometimes fate will take you to places where you meet new people and fall for them while being in a relationship. Sometimes due to unexplainable circumstances you and your ex lover or an old friend will cross each other’s paths again only to find out you both still have feelings for each other or an (old friend) you realize you have feelings for each other that hasn’t acted upon and u ended up being friends with benefits.


But honestly, being in a friends with benefits situation is hard especially if you already have someone else for a long time. You may not feel guilty for a moment you having sex with another person but everytime you look at your SO you feel the guilt coz u know he/she doesn’t deserve to be cheated on. friends with benefits outside monogamous relationships are considered cheating.

[spartan55]

Guys propose friends with benefits far more often than women. Women tend to just go along with it.

[hi_it_is_me123]

Nah. Many cheaters want to have their cake and eat it too lol. We are talking here about selfish people. So they want to sleep around but also want to control their partner and except them to be loyal. Cheaters are selfish people as i said. I dont think that you can comprimise with them or trust them

[Alpha09]

Not unusual at all. In fact if a known serial cheater wants an exclusive relationship you would be smart to be very cautious. A lot of times they want you to themselves while they cheat on you, while you're under the impression the relationship is monogamous. Be very careful.

[Justneedtokno]

Personally I’ve never cheated or been cheated on that I know of. But it’s almost like they don’t want it to happen to them because they know how much they’ve hurt somebody else.

[EssenceOfLight]

"Is asking for a Friend With Benefits relationship a good way to prevent cheating?"
It's like preventing rain with an umbrella while scuba diving.

[MountAverage]

You cannot "prevent" cheating. You can build mutual trust and that's it. If you're not capable of doing that, you will never have a functioning relationship, plain and simple.

[Ripper_E]

You could have the greatest partner you could ever ask for, and they could still cheat on you.

[BeenThereLovedIt]

I think they just want that person for themselves, don't like sharing, but that certainly does not mean they won't mess around with other people - they just don't want you doing it.

[msc545]

Cheaters don't want their partners to cheat or see others.

[Anonymous]

A person who cheats usually doesn't actually want their partner to cheat I think. Very hypocritical, but that's the world we live in I guess...

[DetroitGirl36]

Why do people get into relationships anymore?

[Anonymous]

Long live the Cheaters! 🥳

[SavageGirl101]

U can't pervent someone from cheating

[JennieF]

Nah.