When a “Friends with Benefits” Arrangement Takes a Turn for the Worse

According to Match.com’s “Singles in America” survey, 47% of people reported engaging in a “friends with benefits” arrangement (notice I’m not using the word “relationship” because the point of the term is to not be in a relationship).  This number hops to 63% according to MySecrets in which 26% actually believe it can work out (whatever “work out” means in this context is anyone’s guess).  This begs the question about what “friends with benefits” actually entails and what its aims are.  I am kind of baffled as to why anyone asks whether it can work out because the whole point of it is to scotch the inexorable nature of a fully-fledged relationship.

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