Friends With Benefits
Friends With Benefits
This link appeared on my apple/netscape homepage today. Recently, i have entered into a friendship with benefits. Both of us are coming off of relatively long term relationships. Neither of us want a new relationship at this point.
This could get interesting and, needless to say i'm looking forward to this weekend when my roommates go home for the weekend.
What does everyone think of these new types of relationships?
Cultural phenomenon? Or just a tactic used by people who are incapable of maintaining a real relationship?
I think my situation will be ok as long as emotions don't get involved. I'm more concerned with her getting attached. But only time will tell.
Cheers.
This link appeared on my apple/netscape homepage today. Recently, i have entered into a friendship with benefits. Both of us are coming off of relatively long term relationships. Neither of us want a new relationship at this point.
This could get interesting and, needless to say i'm looking forward to this weekend when my roommates go home for the weekend.
What does everyone think of these new types of relationships?
Cultural phenomenon? Or just a tactic used by people who are incapable of maintaining a real relationship?
I think my situation will be ok as long as emotions don't get involved. I'm more concerned with her getting attached. But only time will tell.
Cheers.
Comments
Originally posted by Cosmo
Friends With Benefits
What does everyone think of these new types of relationships?
Cultural phenomenon? Or just a tactic used by people who are incapable of maintaining a real relationship?
This isn't new. It's been around as long as time. In recent years, the specific case you're in has been popularized as "the rebound."
Normally, and I say normally one, or both people can't handle it and begin to form emotions for the other. It works, if it's just you two, but when someone starts hanging out with another or doing stuff with another, it normally doesn't turn out well.
Originally posted by ast3r3x
Good in theory, bad in practice.
Good call. IT WON'T WORK!!! I've seen it go down the tubes way too many times to count. Someone always takes it too far or gets too emotionally involved or something like that. As fun as it can be, it's bad news. I tried to do it this past weekend, and the girl ended up having a boyfriend...we just kissed, nothing major. (no skin off my back, I didn't know she had a boyfriend at the time so I'm innocent). Do yourself a favor, get out now and make better friends with your right hand.
Hope that wasn't too graphic for anyone.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
This isn't new. It's been around as long as time. In recent years, the specific case you're in has been popularized as "the rebound."
Yeah, and not this complicated. It usually ended one or the other found someone else.
Just a new tag for an old ritual...
Originally posted by \\/\\/ickes
I prefer my left.
damn straight!
Originally posted by \\/\\/ickes
I prefer my left.
Sounds like a good topic for an AI poll.
Who volunteers to start that one? Haha. It'll be locked real quick.
as long as its phrased correctly...
Originally posted by \\/\\/ickes
I prefer my left.
i guess u continue to work the mouse with your right?
Originally posted by Cosmo
I think my situation will be ok as long as emotions don't get involved. I'm more concerned with her getting attached. But only time will tell.
maybe you'll be the one to get attached\
Originally posted by burningwheel
maybe you'll be the one to get attached\
Hopefully not... but hey, the power of denial is strong, right
<Cosmo after a month of this>
"Just because i call her every day doesn't mean i'm attached, i swear!"
</Cosmo after a month of this>
Originally posted by billybobsky
no it won't be locked...
as long as its phrased correctly...
Says you. I just don't think the mods would be too happy with a poll entitled: "What do you prefer? Right or left.
Take it as you will, I think with the crowd on AI being who we are, the mods would figure it out pretty soon. As funny as it would be, it has no real value, so I'm not gonna do it. But if you want to, I'll vote.
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Says you. I just don't think the mods would be too happy with a poll entitled: "What do you prefer? Right or left.
Take it as you will, I think with the crowd on AI being who we are, the mods would figure it out pretty soon. As funny as it would be, it has no real value, so I'm not gonna do it. But if you want to, I'll vote.
The mods here don't lock things that are politically incorrect. If they did, I would leave. There are a few members that live and die by PC. . . but they aint mods.
Right or left.
But what about the ambidextrous ? Discrimination, I tells you.
Edit: originally read this thread title as meaning "Friends on benefit". The confusion dispersed quickly.
Originally posted by Splinemodel
The mods here don't lock things that are politically incorrect. If they did, I would leave. There are a few members that live and die by PC. . . but they aint mods.
I'm not talking political correctness, it's just a question of appropriateness. I'm a PC hater myself (in more ways than one ). I hate overly PC people, it would just be a dumb thread is all, pointless, stupid, and ill thought out threads get locked. And this would be an example of a pointless, stupid, ill thought out and inappropriate thread.
But what the heck? Never hurt to get a thread locked! I just hope I can duck before the admin stick gets to my head.
Edit:
After carefully examining the posting guidelines I have determined that it would be really stupid to start the above stated thread/poll.
5. Sexually graphic or otherwise offensive material is strictly forbidden. AppleInsider will strive to maintain a work-friendly and family-friendly environment in regards to pornography and hate-speech. These cases are up to the discretion of the moderators and administrators. Pursuant to this, toilet humor is not tolerated. It is expected that the membership can conduct themselves with enough maturity to avoid such idiocy.
If a thread about which hand you use to get off isn't sexually graphic or otherwise offensive and idiotic, I don't know what is.
Originally posted by billybobsky
so who here uses no hands?
That would be me. I've found more 'efficient' ways of getting off than dousing myself in facial cream or body lotion.
The first would be a 'girl'.
The second I cannot divulge.
That said, it rarely works out that way. You'll run into your 'fvck buddy' at a bar sooner rather than later trying to hook up with some guy...and you will feel betrayed, lied to and cheated upon...even though she did no such thing.
If you can handle that eventuality...fvck on my friend!
(You will be the hurt one, by the way. Never underestimate a woman's ability to forget you.)