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Shacking Up With Your Boyfriend Is Adult “Friends With Benefits”
Often enough, “friends-with-benefits” (FWB) is far from the ideal romantic scenario.
Usually, it’s the result of one or both parties wanting some aspects of a relationship — without the responsibility of an actual commitment.
You act like you’re boyfriend-girlfriend physically (maybe even emotionally to some extent) but if one of you moves on to someone else, there is no accountability because it’s not technically a “relationship.”
You are always free to walk out. No strings attached.
Except, of course, there are strings attached.
Regardless of any initial pact to not get “attached” to one another, intimate relationships naturally result in some level of attachment.
Like it or not, there are going to be strings.
And probably lots of them.
This is why FWB arrangements usually result in nothing more than confusion, disappointment, and unmet expectations for one (or both) parties involved.
