Friends with Benefits...

Friends with Benefits...

Ahh, yes...this topic seems to be the one that most teens and adults, or EVERYONE for that matter, seems to be fixated on. Alright, so, friends with benefits...let me tell you, I have been against for the duration of my adolesence, and now that I am, by states standards, an 'adult,' I've come to see myself, by what I've actually done.

I'm sure most gals and guys, like myself, have recieved many-a invites for that kind of a relationship...and every time I do get such a request from a man, I ponder the shit out of it. How is a relationship like that suppose to work..? I don't necessarily like these men...at all...I mean, it's not to say that these men aren't attractive, most of them are externally VERY attractive, but I find myself blocked by the virgin chip in my mind. Yes, you read that correctly, I am a virgin. The percentile of women and men like me, is very small, especially in my area, where teens become sexually active in their middle school years...or sooner...*gasp* So, this virgin-chip of mine, almost prevents me on any and all angles, from establishing any type of relationship like that. I start to question my own morality...which sounds ridiculous even as I type it...oi!

Seriously though, lets come to jesus, and admit the fact that we all get a case of the hornies...that is a fact. Its biological. It's not like we can help it; and thats why it seems to be fascinating or even impossible for some people to believe of the existence of virgins beyond the age of 18. I've had people ask me "how?" Lol. How, indeed. I just overwork myself...exercise...boring stuff to kill the case of the hornies. But, I think a lot of you may be surprised to know that I myself may have initiated a friends with benefits (friends with benefits) relationship, which I seem to be completely in denial of.

Yep... friends with benefits . I am not planning on losing my virginity to him...and I've always been physically attracted to him...but I absolutely do NOT want to start a long term relationship with the guy. Here I am, thinking the concept to death, unable to understand the actual context of how I am feeling. How can someone be sexually attracted to someone, but not emotionally...methinks it was nearly impossible...that is...until a couple days ago during a hot and heavy session in the back seat of his car. I mean shit. I have been known as the person who denied nearly all who attempted friends with benefits , stating that it was a pointless relationship status all together, and that I was never going to engage in such a relationship.

Here the fuck I am now. Starting this with this guy, and I can't stop myself. I mean, I kind of feel bad, for him; because, you see, I still have a conscience here, people! I don't want him to get attached, I know I'm not going to get attached, but something deep down inside me, right next to the case of the hornies, is telling me this is going to end in some kind of disaster.

So, essentially, I am going to cut it off. Although he may be getting his rocks off as well, and physically, its beneficial to both parties, intimacy is intimacy, no matter how many ways society tries to cut away the intimacy from being intimate, its there. I didn't understand that until my first encounter with the guy; in a friends with benefits relationships, you are sharing your body with someone else, and they are sharing their body with you. Its a give and take, take and give. If one of you already know you're not going to get attached, chances are the other party involved has already began to form an attachment...its blunt, but absolutely true.

In finality, FWB-type-relationships, are never what they seem to be. I think we all fail to see the consequences down the road when we are thinking with our Horny. lol. All joking aside, its safer, and less drama free, to simply chill out until you find someone who you are interested in, and is in turn, they interested in you.

We live in a complicated era full of computers, chat forums, social media and texting. Sooner or later, we need to see the impact of our actions on future relationships. If you're in a friends with benefits , take a moment to think about it. Do you feel really attached, or connected to this person, is the other person fairly disattached? Or maybe the other way around, like in my case, where I am actually surprisingly disattached? Don't feel guilty, just realize that sometimes, these kinds of relationships can be detrimental to your life, or the other persons life...but hey, in the off chance that you both feel the same way, graduate from friends with benefits into a defined relationship, and cut the bullshit!

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Most Helpful Guy

  • I have not had a friends with benefits relationship and I doubt I ever will. It is hard for me to imagine having sex with someone and not having any feelings. I understand having sex without being in love but I've never had sex with any lady if I didn't feel some affection and physical attraction.

    My concern about the friends with benefits phenomena is a much larger concern. Young people have developed a culture in which they are all scared to openly admit their feelings for someone else because - God forbid! - they might get rejected. They're not dating; they're just CHILLIN'! Now they're dating but IT'S NOT OFFICIAL! Official? What the hell do you do, go the courthouse and register yourself as a dating couple? Get a dating license? You begin and end relationships by texting so that you don't need to deal with the other person and the possibility of rejection or the agony of ending a relationship. So why don't you just go the to hospital and have a feelingectomy?

    I hear way too many things about these friends with benefits relationships where one falls in love (what a fucking surprise!) and the other one doesn't and this isn't fair! Most of you younger people are looking for a relationship. ADMIT IT! damn it, or I'm gonna come kick your ass!

    You want a relationship but you don't want to admit that you're motivated by any feelings. So if you just wanna get laid, why don't you go do the friends with benefits thing with somebody who's butt ugly? An ugly girl's cooter feels just like a pretty girl's cooter and you won't know the difference when the lights are out!

    No, it's always with somebody who has relationship potential. You just don't want to admit it. This shit has all the maturity of a 13 year old boy wanting to have a tickle fight with his cute next door neighbor.

    So, the next time somebody propositions you for a friends with benefits , just say, "No, let's just have a tickle fight with out clothes off?"

    I'm outta here. Peace out!

    • well said. thats the truth right here.

Most Helpful Girl

  • I don't see the appeal ether... i've had a fling with a guy and kind... got sexual with other guys too but i just don't see it... the guy i had a fling with he just got me too aroused lol he drove me crazy and he was fantastic i can tell you that... his personality idiotic and immature... but the confidence he has REALLY turned me on but thing is i don't find guys attractive or want to do sexual things to guys i don't find attractive and who are too insecure (which is a lot of guys), so id rather be in love with someone than hav a friends-with-benefits.

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  • You didn't know you could be sexually attracted to someone but not emotionally? I don't think I've ever been emotionally attracted to anyone but I am sexually attracted to plenty.
    All relationships tend to end, so why not avoid the pain by being up front from the beginning, So my thinking with FWBs is "we aren't going to last a decade from now, but I want to fuck you want to fuck and we don't want to be limited, so why don't we fuck and not be committed".
    Maybe there are personalities such as yourself who can't have FWBs but that doesn't mean everyone can't and it doesn't mean that FWBs are somehow not what they seem, really marriage is not what it seems, because no one wants to be honest: relationships end.

    • I appreciate your opinion, as well as respect it. You're absolutely right. Relationships don't last forever. However, I don't think, especially at the ripe age of 18, or even 19 like myself, have the knowledge to claim that marriage is or isn't what it seems. I feel like a lot of people don't want to stay committed for long periods of time.. not necessarily because they don't want to be HONEST, but because it gets harder as the years pass. And people don't like hardships. In reality, I believe a friends with benefits is a person's way of alleviating the responsibility they have to take in a regular relationship. Its easier to say "yeah, lets just fuck" But like I said, sex is sex, its emotional... no matter how hard we try and take the emotion out of it. Its an emotional act.

  • Better be a virgin than a friends with benefits .
    Woah, great takes are being promoted today :O

    • I don't really understand what you're trying to say here... lol.

    • Whatever I said is positive so, keep smiling.

    • Alrighty then... I'll take it. Thank you.

  • Just do what you feel is right. The problem with an open mind is people always try to fill it with shit. Which leads to confusion. Only consider you. That is the only path without regret.

  • It works for some people, starting from something purely sexual to something more but they take longer to flower. It just feels pressure in a box when you hear people saying that one has to get into a relationship first before the sex starts happening but what if the sex isn't good enough or they are both not sexually compatible enough to keep the relationship going?

  • Comes down to whether one is friends with benefits material or not. The people who are fixated on this topic are people who, in actuality, sit on their front porch and just talk a lot of smack.

    Sex is good for morale, lets you focus at work as you're not horny trying to hump the screen of the liquid display in your office whenever people aren't looking.

  • well the only people who have this should can separate sex and love...

    • My question to you: how do you take passion away from sex, without hindering your sex life? Sex is a passionate action, or it should be; however, my primary belief is that having sex with someone, is forming a bond... apart from it feeling super awesome, its something thats pretty emotional. I feel like a lot of friends with benefits relationships are a way for not only people to alleviate initial responsibility in a regular relationship, but a way to take out actual emotion or other things that tie into meaningful sex, and not just a "wam, bam, thank you, ma'am" lol

    • and? if this is how they want it, so be it.

    • This is true... people can do whatever they want to do. This is just an opinion... it is called a MYTAKE. lol. Thanks for your opinion. :)

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    • I absolutely hated that movie. Hollywood... gotta love it!

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