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yopeeps025
yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
edited November 2024 in Chit-Chat
Would you call being fwb with someone dating?

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  • AmberStarr_87
    AmberStarr_87 Posts: 1,291 Member
    Umm. No. Hence the "friends" part of the title.
  • LovingLifeInCalifornia
    LovingLifeInCalifornia Posts: 9,362 Member
    AmberStarr_87 wrote: »
    Umm. No. Hence the "friends" part of the title.

    ^ this
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    Exactly. At the same time, I don't think have a FWB is fair to anyone who you end up dating and should be stopped if you find someone to date.

    So it's kinda the same result - exclusivity - without the hurt feelings if you say "I'm not going to fool around with you this week, I've got a date".
  • _John_
    _John_ Posts: 8,646 Member
    isn't this how lots of marriages get started?
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    _John_ wrote: »
    isn't this how lots of marriages get started?

    That's funny.

  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    Joannah700 wrote: »
    Exactly. At the same time, I don't think have a FWB is fair to anyone who you end up dating and should be stopped if you find someone to date.

    So it's kinda the same result - exclusivity - without the hurt feelings if you say "I'm not going to fool around with you this week, I've got a date".


    So a week is the "no sex buffer" for a date?
  • Joannah700
    Joannah700 Posts: 2,665 Member
    wolverine66 wrote: »
    Joannah700 wrote: »
    Exactly. At the same time, I don't think have a FWB is fair to anyone who you end up dating and should be stopped if you find someone to date.

    So it's kinda the same result - exclusivity - without the hurt feelings if you say "I'm not going to fool around with you this week, I've got a date".


    So a week is the "no sex buffer" for a date?

    I think once you realize you have a real romantic interest (as opposed to just flirty eyes with the grocery clerk) you cut off the FWB connection.

    I imagine it would avoid some potential awkwardness.
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  • justinegibbons
    justinegibbons Posts: 918 Member
    No. That's why they're called a "FRIEND with benefits".. Not a boyfriend or girlfriend.
  • Cindy4FunFit
    Cindy4FunFit Posts: 2,732 Member
    How do I get on with an employer that offers such a benefit package?!
  • Azexas
    Azexas Posts: 4,334 Member
    Maybe casually dating.. but its a stretch
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    not dating nope you can have a fwb while you are 'dating' someone else though
    imo
  • sweetdixie92
    sweetdixie92 Posts: 655 Member
    salembambi wrote: »
    not dating nope you can have a fwb while you are 'dating' someone else though
    imo

    And that is what I would call cheating.
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    salembambi wrote: »
    not dating nope you can have a fwb while you are 'dating' someone else though
    imo

    Really?
  • WishesOnTheStar
    WishesOnTheStar Posts: 114 Member
    edited February 2015
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    Would you call being fwb with someone dating?

    would not call that dating, FWB is different
    dating = looking for a serious relationship
    salembambi wrote: »
    not dating nope you can have a fwb while you are 'dating' someone else though
    imo

    its not cheating, you aren't exclusive with someone you are just dating
  • yopeeps025
    yopeeps025 Posts: 8,680 Member
    WishesOnTheStar wrote: »
    yopeeps025 wrote: »
    Would you call being fwb with someone dating?

    would not call that dating, FWB is different
    dating = looking for a serious relationship
    salembambi wrote: »
    not dating nope you can have a fwb while you are 'dating' someone else though
    imo

    its not cheating, you aren't exclusive with someone you are just dating

    I guess I have been dating wrong my whole life. Your second comment is true but I let you explain that to couples.

    BTW my answer to my own question agrees with y'all. I am doing whatever needs to be done to keep it this way for a little while at least.

  • jnichel
    jnichel Posts: 4,553 Member
    sweetdixie92 wrote: »
    salembambi wrote: »
    not dating nope you can have a fwb while you are 'dating' someone else though
    imo

    And that is what I would call cheating.

    What about swinger couples? Are they cheating if they have FWB's that the other partner knows about and approves of?
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