Friends-with-benefits relationships are usually thought of as brief and casual, but research finds they’re often anything but. Here’s what other couples can learn from these pairings.
. Although premarital sex no longer carries the stigma it once did, people still believe that couples should only have sex if they’re in a committed romantic relationship.
In contrast, there are no generally accepted rules for casual flings. In some cases, the partners may intuit each other’s preferences, and in others, they may explicitly agree on how long they’ll be together and what they’ll do while they’re together. In still others, partners misinterpret each other’s intentions, leading to regret and hurt feelings.
To find answers to these questions, Sam Houston State University social scientist Lisa van Raalte and her colleagues surveyed over 100 college students in FWB relationships, the results of which they recently published in theThe survey consisted of just two questions. The first asked whether the respondent had discussed the rules of the FWB relationship with their partner.
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