What If You Want More From Your Hookup Buddy?
A friends with benefits relationship can be an amazing set-up to have with someone, but it can also get complicated. I’ve had a lot of different friends with benefits – some that have only lasted a few months, some that lasted over a year – and I’ve never had any problems. In fact, I’m still friends with nearly all the people I’ve had this arrangement with. Part of the reason we can still be cool with each other is that we all were good at compartmentalizing sex and romantic feelings. It meant that there was never that awkwardness of one of us falling for the other – but I know that’s not possible for everyone. (more…)