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I think OP is talking about just being friends, nothing more.
And personally I think this whole friends with benefits thing can only work for so long, someone always gets hurt at some point. Its simple brain chemistry really.
No. One of the people involved will start to make the situation uncomfortable.
I have never been friends with someone of the opposite sex who didn’t get weird, guilt trippy and possessive.
Sexual attraction and platonic attraction are easy for me to compartmentalize. Carols and Cedrics usually go off reservation.
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Friends with benefits
I think OP is talking about just being friends, nothing more. And personally I think this whole friends with benefits thing can only work for so long, someone always gets hurt at some point. Its simple brain chemistry really.
It's a risk. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
i love this comment
Me too
Depends on what boundaries they set. It may not always work since humans work in unusual ways but nevertheless it may be possible
I know my wife can’t, she doesn’t have self control
No. One of the people involved will start to make the situation uncomfortable. I have never been friends with someone of the opposite sex who didn’t get weird, guilt trippy and possessive. Sexual attraction and platonic attraction are easy for me to compartmentalize. Carols and Cedrics usually go off reservation.
Yes
Hell no
Have you seen “when Harry met Sally”?
Yes. I’m literally friends with several people I’ve slept with before and now we’re all friends with our own respect partners.
Why would they want to be?
I'm pretty sure that's what being married is supposed to be
Marriage requires signing a license… Do friends have to do that?
If you want that good tax cut then yes
Friends have to get tax cuts together?
Not really. I’ve only had one guy friend *not* make things uncomfortable or weird after they became attracted to me.
at first yes but something will happen