
DwellingOnMove
@DwellingOnMove
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Posted by DwellingOnMoveThe whole point of FWB is to not have a commitment. Busy lives get in the way and leads to disappointments. People have needs and netflix alone don't fill holes.
So whatever generation these young people are, Sag, Aqua or Scorp, and no matter if it is based on some kind of feminism, capitalism, naturalism etc., it seems more and more young women start their love career with FWB. Thank to Holleywood.
Friends with Benefits (J. Timberlake and M. Kunis)
No strings attached (A. Kutcher and N. Portman)
Do they do this multiple times in their lives? After the first one ended in a catastrophe? Is it addictive like tattoos? How many FWBs are needed to get one partnership out of it? Are partnerships out cause custody fights suck? questions after questions.


Posted by DwellingOnMoveSag taking it to the extreme again. You make a thread about FWB and I figured you would keep it to that topic. Not apply it to everything in life.
we don't want to have commitments?
no commitments to our university study? to our jobs? to our parents? friends? siblings? facebook accounts?
Before Holleywood made FWB popular lives were busy too. In the fifties and in the previous centuries. There were even navy in the older ages.

Posted by HappygoluckyPosted by DwellingOnMoveSag taking it to the extreme again. You make a thread about FWB and I figured you would keep it to that topic. Not apply it to everything in life.
we don't want to have commitments?
no commitments to our university study? to our jobs? to our parents? friends? siblings? facebook accounts?
Before Holleywood made FWB popular lives were busy too. In the fifties and in the previous centuries. There were even navy in the older ages.
Relationship commitments are not desired. Hence Friend and not Boy/Girlfriend.click to expand

Posted by NemiliciousIsn't that the whole point of a FWB? No expectations, no commitment and no need for foundation? Just getting needs met without all the hassle of relationship mishaps and stuff?
it´s skipping the foundation - and without that you´re really fucked.

Posted by DwellingOnMoveYou think FWB was discovered by a movie in the early 2000's?Posted by HappygoluckyPosted by DwellingOnMoveSag taking it to the extreme again. You make a thread about FWB and I figured you would keep it to that topic. Not apply it to everything in life.
we don't want to have commitments?
no commitments to our university study? to our jobs? to our parents? friends? siblings? facebook accounts?
Before Holleywood made FWB popular lives were busy too. In the fifties and in the previous centuries. There were even navy in the older ages.
Relationship commitments are not desired. Hence Friend and not Boy/Girlfriend.
so did we know that fwb solves this "not desiring commitment" all by ourselves? So Holleywood just reflected the sate of the art?
Or did we learn from those movies that we are busy and fwb is the solution?click to expand

Posted by NemiliciousSee, I can fuck and not get attached if I know there is no chance there will be a relationship.
i also think many people underestimate the level of intimacy that sex creates - given it´s nature. it´s fake closeness.

Posted by HappygoluckyShe didn't say that.
You think FWB was discovered by a movie in the early 2000's?


Posted by Nemilicious
and then you read x-threads on dxp exactly about this .... it´s a riot lol.

Posted by DwellingOnMovelol @ that^^^ Put blame where it belongs. Any woman who spread eagles to a man on a whim without a care in the world gets what they deserve. Which is usualy a big fat cheerio O.
it seems more and more young women start their love career with FWB. Thank to Holleywood.

Posted by LittlePieces62^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^More blame, more excuses....
I think we live in a society where morals and values slightly change. All those -isms combined into one. Individualism. Pressure from society and world we live in almost demands us to pursue a status. It seems like people care more about individual growth with the pleasure of sex without attachments?


Posted by P-AngelPosted by HappygoluckyShe didn't say that.
You think FWB was discovered by a movie in the early 2000's?
What she say is correct.click to expand

Posted by NemiliciousFALSE!
personally i don´t think a lot of people know before-hand what they are getting or letting themselves into.
it usually is a very one-sided affair. one partner thinks it´s strictly sex, the other one is hoping for more.

Posted by DwellingOnMoveBecause in the movies, the couple ends up together in a happy relationship.Posted by HappygoluckyPosted by DwellingOnMoveSag taking it to the extreme again. You make a thread about FWB and I figured you would keep it to that topic. Not apply it to everything in life.
we don't want to have commitments?
no commitments to our university study? to our jobs? to our parents? friends? siblings? facebook accounts?
Before Holleywood made FWB popular lives were busy too. In the fifties and in the previous centuries. There were even navy in the older ages.
Relationship commitments are not desired. Hence Friend and not Boy/Girlfriend.
so did we know that fwb solves this "not desiring commitment" all by ourselves? So Holleywood just reflected the sate of the art?
Or did we learn from those movies that we are busy and fwb is the solution?click to expand

Posted by HappygoluckyI thought that's what "one night stands" was for. 🙂Posted by NemiliciousIsn't that the whole point of a FWB? No expectations, no commitment and no need for foundation? Just getting needs met without all the hassle of relationship mishaps and stuff?
it´s skipping the foundation - and without that you´re really fucked.click to expand

Posted by P-Angel Again ..... the only reason for a fwb on the female side, is so she can gain a false sense of worth. For guys .. hey, free pussy with no strings attached.Yep...and nothing more.


Posted by P-Angel
For guys .. hey, free pussy with no strings attached.

Posted by truecapPosted by DwellingOnMoveBecause in the movies, the couple ends up together in a happy relationship.Posted by HappygoluckyPosted by DwellingOnMoveSag taking it to the extreme again. You make a thread about FWB and I figured you would keep it to that topic. Not apply it to everything in life.
we don't want to have commitments?
no commitments to our university study? to our jobs? to our parents? friends? siblings? facebook accounts?
Before Holleywood made FWB popular lives were busy too. In the fifties and in the previous centuries. There were even navy in the older ages.
Relationship commitments are not desired. Hence Friend and not Boy/Girlfriend.
so did we know that fwb solves this "not desiring commitment" all by ourselves? So Holleywood just reflected the sate of the art?
Or did we learn from those movies that we are busy and fwb is the solution?
It's so far from real life, it's laughable!click to expand

Posted by P-Angel
I can tell you from personal experience, where this started, Dwelling.
I my generation of the late 60's and early 70's, women weren't allowed to have sex outside of marriage, and still be considered respectful. My generation brought the sexual revolution with us to the US, and suddenly, for the first time .... women could fuck away, and they did.
Women had something to prove sexually ... and though that ^^^ doesn't apply any longer, because now women can sleep with whomever she wants to, the mindset of having to prove herself still exists. Still, she feels inferior to me, so she is still trying to prove herself.
And if it wasn't for that, then fwb wouldn't exist because women want to be taken for who she is, and not as a sexual creature necessarily ... but, the only way to do that, as far as she can figure, is to be the one to score the man.
With every fwb a woman enters into ... her intent is to win him over to prove to him and the world that she was the Prize.
And when this is thought about, how disturbing ... because that's not where it started. We didn't want to be a prize, we just wanted to be taken seriously as being females.
[...] they hook up with them to try and prove that they're important enough to be taken seriously and hope that he recognizes her worth.
It's not commitment issues at all. Throughout the existence of mankind, people have slept outside of their partnership, while still remaining fully commited to their partners, their jobs, family, etc.
Again ..... the only reason for a fwb on the female side, is so she can gain a false sense of worth. For guys .. hey, free pussy with no strings attached.


Posted by Nemilicious listen, if i am the one who is expecting sex and i get drama and jealousy as a side-serving - then i was tricked. if both agree it´s sex only and the other person suddenly changes their mind, i can´t know this will happen. hence, i don´t know what i was letting myself into?What I find ironic, is a conversation has to happen before you spread your legs. If you can't take one second before spreading them to say:

Posted by NemiliciousPosted by LetltBlisten, if i am the one who is expecting sex and i get drama and jealousy as a side-serving - then i was tricked. if both agree it´s sex only and the other person suddenly changes their mind, i can´t know this will happen. hence, i don´t know what i was letting myself into?Posted by NemiliciousFALSE!
personally i don´t think a lot of people know before-hand what they are getting or letting themselves into.
it usually is a very one-sided affair. one partner thinks it´s strictly sex, the other one is hoping for more.
click to expand

Posted by LetltB.....and on the flip side of ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^that.Posted by Nemilicious listen, if i am the one who is expecting sex and i get drama and jealousy as a side-serving - then i was tricked. if both agree it´s sex only and the other person suddenly changes their mind, i can´t know this will happen. hence, i don´t know what i was letting myself into?What I find ironic, is a conversation has to happen before you spread your legs. If you can't take one second before spreading them to say:
"listen...I'm here just to fuck you and nothing more" that's your problem. If you do say that...why would you care? You got laid and you walk away right?click to expand


Posted by DamnataI disagree with the deceiving. Two people who consent to having sex on a whim is a choice. If they don't have a discussion prior or communicate prior OR at the very least take the time to SEE it for what it is, you don't get to complain.
I think the whole term is deceiving "friends with benefits".
Since love involves friendship, you see this term and it gets etched into your mind as an extension of friendship. Well love is an extension of friendship too so the mind starts conflating the two notions since both seem to be tied into friendship.
It's a hook-up, nothing else.

Posted by P-AngelHow is a female strong just because she wants to have sex with no strings attach? I won't even comment on the last sentence because it is a debate just waiting to happen. It hard to even have moral these days because everyone literally think bad is good and good is bad how can you reason with that you don't you just let people be and keep your foots step close to what you deem to be good and honorable.Posted by P-Angel
For guys .. hey, free pussy with no strings attached.
I'm not sure why women cannot grasp the above.
A guy really does want free pussy with no strings attached, but, for some irrational reason, which has no logical explanation ... these women think that they will win this man over, and that they will become the Queen.
and though, I fully realize that women need to have this fantasy about the knight in shining armour sweeping her away and has probably been picking out wedding attire since 12 years old ..... this is real life, not your fantasy.
If you give to another person ANYTHING with no strings attached .... then that is exactly what it is. To have a hidden agenda or ulterior motive is delusional and you set yourself up to be deserving of all emotional pain that happens from this ridiculous choice you made for yourself.
Of course, though, there are females who just want to get laid with no strings attached also ..... and thank the lucky stars for those people. We need females who are actually strong, and not just the ones who think they are because they had an opinion.click to expand

Posted by P-AngelPosted by truecapIt might be the worse offense to the rational and mature female .... [...] This brainwashing done to women to do this horrendous thing to herself ... is so disturbing.
[...] Because in the movies, the couple ends up together in a happy relationship.
It's so far from real life, it's laughable!
Posted by Damnata
[...] Maybe the frequency is important too..it happens rarely between us.click to expand

Posted by ellle+1 to each his/her own.
I have no issue with others who choose to do it.
I can't really have an opinion about it because I know others don't feel the same way I do.

Posted by LetltBI wasn't referencing deceit between parties if both were straight up. The term itself implies there's more to the act of sex than just sex (arguing the linguistics). It's easy for at least one party to jump to conclusions. That doesn't exonarate the action of the party that just jumped to a conclusion without any reason..mindlessly adding friendship + sex = love.Posted by DamnataI disagree with the deceiving. Two people who consent to having sex on a whim is a choice. If they don't have a discussion prior or communicate prior OR at the very least take the time to SEE it for what it is, you don't get to complain.
I think the whole term is deceiving "friends with benefits".
Since love involves friendship, you see this term and it gets etched into your mind as an extension of friendship. Well love is an extension of friendship too so the mind starts conflating the two notions since both seem to be tied into friendship.
It's a hook-up, nothing else.
However I do agree with you about the "friend" part. No friend uses another friend as a slab of meat.click to expand

Posted by LetltBFor me it's how long they stay in that deceit before addressing it/ figuring out something is off.Posted by ellle+1 to each his/her own.
I have no issue with others who choose to do it.
I can't really have an opinion about it because I know others don't feel the same way I do.
My opinion comes in when I hear the "I was deceived" victim bullshit.click to expand

Posted by DwellingOnMoveI know you were not saying that. You made reference to Hollywood and the movies. I based my reply off what you stated.Posted by P-AngelPosted by HappygoluckyShe didn't say that.
You think FWB was discovered by a movie in the early 2000's?
What she say is correct.
thank you P.
@Happygolucky, I did not talk about discovery. but state-of-the-art.click to expand

Posted by LittlePieces62
I think we live in a society where morals and values slightly change. All those -isms combined into one. Individualism. Pressure from society and world we live in almost demands us to pursue a status. It seems like people care more about individual growth with the pleasure of sex without attachments?

Posted by truecapExactly what it is. A prolonged one night stand.Posted by HappygoluckyI thought that's what "one night stands" was for. 🙂Posted by NemiliciousIsn't that the whole point of a FWB? No expectations, no commitment and no need for foundation? Just getting needs met without all the hassle of relationship mishaps and stuff?
it´s skipping the foundation - and without that you´re really fucked.
click to expand

Posted by P-AngelSome women want this too. Don't be biased. Women are not saints. They are human just like men. Get it straightPosted by P-Angel
For guys .. hey, free pussy with no strings attached.
I'm not sure why women cannot grasp the above.
A guy really does want free pussy with no strings attached, but, for some irrational reason, which has no logical explanation ... these women think that they will win this man over, and that they will become the Queen.
and though, I fully realize that women need to have this fantasy about the knight in shining armour sweeping her away and has probably been picking out wedding attire since 12 years old ..... this is real life, not your fantasy.
If you give to another person ANYTHING with no strings attached .... then that is exactly what it is. To have a hidden agenda or ulterior motive is delusional and you set yourself up to be deserving of all emotional pain that happens from this ridiculous choice you made for yourself.
Of course, though, there are females who just want to get laid with no strings attached also ..... and thank the lucky stars for those people. We need females who are actually strong, and not just the ones who think they are because they had an opinion.click to expand



Posted by Happygoluckylol, aries.
^^^^^^ Sorry. I didn't read your whole reply. Jumped the gun a little.

Posted by DamnataLOL. Yea, I do that alot. Fire biatch! Fire!Posted by Happygoluckylol, aries.
^^^^^^ Sorry. I didn't read your whole reply. Jumped the gun a little.click to expand

Posted by elllemovies, music..set in reality, showcase that reality as we move from one age to the next.Posted by DwellingOnMoveI don't agree with the whole 'blame mainstream movies' theme.
Does anyone know mainsteam movies which blame FWB? Or show the pain it brings into young girls/boys' lives?
If people can't think for themselves....they possibly deserve exactly what they choose to partake in.click to expand


Posted by NemiliciousPosted by Resurrected[...] being a strong woman is about making choices for yourself and owning up to them. a strong woman for example will have learned her lessons and not repeat them and if she does, does cry and whine about what a victim she is.Posted by P-Angel
For guys .. hey, free pussy with no strings attached.
[...]
Of course, though, there are females who just want to get laid with no strings attached also ..... and thank the lucky stars for those people. We need females who are actually strong, and not just the ones who think they are because they had an opinion.
How is a female strong just because she wants to have sex with no strings attach? I won't even comment on the last sentence because it is a debate just waiting to happen. It hard to even have moral these days because everyone literally think bad is good and good is bad how can you reason with that you don't you just let people be and keep your foots step close to what you deem to be good and honorable.
again, it is about owning your choices. and those decisions and choices you make should be in your best interest.
it´s also about being honest when it comes to ones intentions.
three pages ago we already established that most women cannot handle FWB situations [...]click to expand

Posted by elllePosted by DwellingOnMoveI don't agree with the whole 'blame mainstream movies' theme.
Does anyone know mainsteam movies which blame FWB? Or show the pain it brings into young girls/boys' lives?
If people can't think for themselves....they possibly deserve exactly what they choose to partake in.click to expand



Posted by Damnata
The biggest hustle was Disney.
We had the princess long before we had...the not so princess but still princess in the end cuz it just so happens she was princess in training all along.
For women..everything revolved around men. How to cater to them (all disney stockholm syndrome victims/princesses), how to start smoking since it was targetted to women and the fellatio implication was all over the marketing..again pleasing the man, the mini-joups? self explanatory.
Succesfull marketing targets this specific inadequacy since the dawn of time. The approval women so much desire. If it was a myth and marketing made it real or reality all along...same old story.


Posted by LittlePieces62I bolded what came across as blame and excuses (I was not pointing a finger at you). People who feel a need to follow societal behavior or what society attempts to dictate as socially correct, are lost, and have no clue what individualism means. If they did, NO PRESSURE from anyonewould come into play because quite frankly when society tries to tell me how to think and what to do...they get nothing but a big "go fuck yourself" from me.Posted by LetltBWhy is this a blame and excuse? Personally fwb is not my favourite occupation never has been. It is against my principles and values.Posted by LittlePieces62^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^More blame, more excuses....
I think we live in a society where morals and values slightly change. All those -isms combined into one. Individualism. Pressure from society and world we live in almost demands us to pursue a status. It seems like people care more about individual growth with the pleasure of sex without attachments?click to expand
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Friends with Benefits (J. Timberlake and M. Kunis)
No strings attached (A. Kutcher and N. Portman)
Do they do this multiple times in their lives? After the first one ended in a catastrophe? Is it addictive like tattoos? How many FWBs are needed to get one partnership out of it? Are partnerships out cause custody fights suck? questions after questions.