FWB = Friends With Benefits.

Genuine question. I'm interested in the concept but wanted to know more about how that actually works out.

How does that type of relationship start?

Is it healthy?

Can it be really unhealthy?

Anyone here have experience with a FWB type relationship and how did/is that for you?

  • spring_rabbit [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    I met a guy on grindr who was very good at sex but also had a girlfriend (who was cool with it). Unlike most of the guys I met on there, I invited this one back. Turns out he was also a fun guy to just hang out with.

    The fact that he was older than me and in a committed relationship made it easy for our relationship to just be sex and videogames, and I never felt any need for more than that. When I got into a closed relationship, we tried hanging out platonically. Sometimes he'll still text me about the old times though, and I have to remind him that I can't do that anymore.

    So maybe our FWB situation really needed the benefits to keep going? It worked well when I was single and too busy for a boyfriend anyways.