Friends with Benefits

What exactly does this mean?

Urban Dictionary says:

     “Two friends who have a sexual relationship without being emotionally involved. Typically two good friends who have casual sex without a monogamous relationship or any kind of commitment”.

      “Friends by day,sex partners by night”

       “A healthy fun sexual relationship between two people ,until one falls for the other the friendship blows to pieces.And those two people find themselves worse off than they were before.”

       “Two friends with a very casual relationship.The benefits can be really good ,long flirty conversations;make out  sessions with no commitment;sex without commitment etc”

       “A physically involved relationship where both partners enjoy some comforts of ‘sitting on the fence’  between serious relationship and simple friendship..”

       “A man  and a woman who don’t enjoy commitment .like to fool around with one another because they find each other attractive…”..



All these definitions to describe ‘Friends with Benefits…Hmm...

The question is :Is there any dignity or pride in having  ‘Friends with Benefits’ kind of relationship?

Why would any one who truly wants a serious commitment opt for an option like this.?
From the definitions above,it’s a selfish,temporal  relationship development that heads no where,only for fleshly  gratification.

But you find a lot of this going on around with various reasons,from the definitions above,its all about friendship with sex and no commitment.

Too many disadvantage to this thing ;asides the obvious purpose stated by many,(sexual pleasure and the companionship/support) engaging in this relationship acts as a ‘placeholder’,i.e a temporal  relationship until something better comes along)or as a trial run(checking to see if you are compatible with the person before getting serious) which is all inappropriate,still.

Truth is vast majority of FWB lasts for a while and the sex fizzles out,friendship dies alongside ,for some,sex didn’t really work very well or one party falls in love and both/he/she decided this was a bad idea or one person starts a monogamous relationship with someone else.However it ends,it seems that once the erotic aspect has been exhausted,many don’t find it particularly hard to return to being just friends,the shared history,emotional  intimacy,mutual liking are all still there..and I think that as a major complication,as this may quite affect you when you finally decide to find love.

Don't get yourself caught up with the wrong habits while waiting for your love.Be true to yourself and be ready to enjoy the benefits it brings.

Have a nice day people.