Following up my piece yesterday on "The 4 Stages of Every Friends with Benefits Relationship", today I'm going to get into the nuts and bolts of running your casual relationships by giving you 8 friends with benefits rules that are absolutely mandatory you follow... to not have everything go to hell in a hand basket, that is.
Friends with benefits are lots of fun, but these relationships are also loaded with the potential to get messy on the turn of a dime. All it takes is a little bending of the rules, and you can very quickly find yourself:
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With a friend with benefits who's falling in love with you
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Falling in love with your friend with benefits yourself
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Experiencing confusion in your social circle about where you stand
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Enjoying reputation damage or drama or other bad effects from things gone awry
Break the rules, and you're playing with fire without a fire extinguisher handy.
Adhere to them, and, well, let's just say you're handling fire in a responsible, fun, and mostly safe way.
So what are these rules you've got to stick to, anyway?
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