Comic Discussion > QUESTIONABLE CONTENT
WCT Jan 4 to Jan 8 2010
JackFaerie:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 06 Jan 2010, 13:19 ---
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!
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Yeah. This article:
http://www.askmen.com/dating/vanessa_100/118_love_secrets.html
explains what a modern FWB entails pretty well. And the comments at the end (3rd page) show how well they usually work out...
Zingoleb:
--- Quote from: raoullefere on 04 Jan 2010, 13:12 ---Too bad Faye's code is not right hand in, out, in, and shake. Life was so much easier when the Hokey Pokey described it—implied sexual connotations and all.
I blame Shigeru Miyamoto .
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You will NOT take his name in vain again!
Shadic:
He fucked her in the ear! Maybe.
Tuitsuro:
Tommorrow, Faye burns the couch.
NeverQuiteGoth:
Dora waving at Faye: Best panel of Dora, EVER! :-D
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