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Scandalous Confessions From People Who’ve Had Friends With Benefits

10.

I had a small crush on my friend, nothing huge. We were flirty and when things crossed over into physical territory, I was sure it was going to end up like every lame romcom has convinced me it would. Nope. It was messy and awkward, and my entire group of friends slowly pushed me out. He said he felt weird around me and I lost him and the people I regularly hung out with. It was one of the loneliest times of my life.

11.

The guy had a girlfriend that I didn’t know about. She walked in on us as we were having sex and started taking photos on her phone as ‘evidence.’ I’ve never been so mortified. Not to mention I felt like absolute shit having accidentally enabled his cheating.

12.

Attempted it once with an ex girlfriend who I previously was dating off an on. It was actually her idea to start the FWB thing which I was okay with being a horny teen. She attempted to make it an emotional thing after a month in which I declined since I had moved on to someone else. She then proceeded to just horribly harass me and that someone else through the internet. I stopped seeing her as soon as the harassment began.

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I’ve had a few fuck buddies and they were all great because I’m a little older and established and they were like ten years younger and so we fucked for a while, then the relationship would naturally run its course as they would move on to the next stage in their lives. It worked out great for me–I like younger guys, younger guys love me, I love sex, I don’t love strings. Yay for friends with benefits.

Written by Laura McNairy

Laura is a freelance writer for TFLN. She likes to write about what she knows best — dating, sex, and being awkward, but usually in the opposite order. She is the Assistant Editor and videographer for Peach Fuzz, a sex-positive nudie magazine in ATX.