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WCT Jan 4 to Jan 8 2010
Carl-E:
Unfortunately, it's probably his best asset in his job. If you're going in to lose in a debate, speaking without thinking is the quickest way to go about it!
Never bring your work home...
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: JackFaerie on 05 Jan 2010, 10:41 ---I think you're confusing "FWB" and "a relationship where you two are friends first, except with sexual attraction and romance added." As opposed to what FWB usually entails, specifically: "a sexual relationship based on each party desiring sexual gratification but without commitment, exclusivity, or any responsibility, and at least one party strongly resenting any hint of attachment or being possibly asked to consider or be responsible for the other party's needs outside of bed."
There was this one guy I knew who was in a FWB situation with this girl, and seeing him at a party (thrown by their mutual friends), I asked him where she was and if she was coming. He scoffed "how the hell should I know? I don't keep tabs on her, we're not an item." That attitude is pretty much what I associate with a lot of FWB situations. The girl and guy did hang out together often enough, etc, but still, there's this extreme amount of guarding oneself from being in any way really associated with the other person that doesn't even seem friendly to me.
Of course there are fully functional FWB relationships, but they seem an exception rather than the rule... especially if they go on a while.
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OK, you're right - it's the "friend" part that threw me. What you're describing was, in the late 60's / early 70's, called "free love". It was soon renamed "casual sex" in the mid 70's (not quite as casual as the "zipless fuck", though). It damn near disappeared thanks to HIV/AIDS in the mid 80's, around the time I went out of circulation. I guess it's back with a vengence...
To me, the "friend" part implies a certain amount of emotional investment in each other that goes beyond your definition of FWB. And, like you say, the rules and effort involved in keeping the benefits doesn't really seem friendly!
And a little research tells me the term was coined in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", where it was compared with more traditional relationships, and found significantly lacking!
Is it cold in here?:
Am I the only one who thinks that the new drawing style for Dora doesn't capture the sauciness of the older style?
Mad Cat:
Damnit! I'd pay real money for a social protocol database. Maybe then I wouldn't be such a--
The Duke:
See? You're learning!
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