Monday, January 16, 2012

Friends With Benefits?

So, I have been thinking tonight...which usually leads to me writing a blog. 
My question is:
Is there really a politically correct way to say you're just fucking someone?...


I live vicariously through Samantha Jones from Sex and the City as most of my friends already know, but I just cannot seem to be able to have a conversation with everyone telling them out loud and openly that I am fucking someone. I mean I do this with my very close friends (usually one-on-one), but other than those few and obviously my blog readers, who secretly read it but won't tell me they did, I am unsure on how to tell other people when the conversation of sex life and relationships arise.


I was seeing a counselor and obviously they ask you about every facet of your life including school, work, extracurriculars, relationship, family, etc. Well, she asked me how my relationship with this guy I was dating was going and I was taken aback and I even laughed a little bit. I think seeing past the generational differences between us, I was unsure on how to just tell her in a politically correct way that we were just having sex. I kept telling her we were "talking." I feel that way around my parents as well and really any of my family members. It is an awkward conversation and a situation that may make me seem like a slut, but in reality I am just having sex with the same person without being committed to them. I delved into this casual relationship hoping that they knew I was not sleeping with anyone else, so I in return was hoping they weren't either. That's probably my only disclaimer to this kind of "no strings attached" mentality. 
Also, if for some reason, either partner in a casual relationship finds someone they would like to pursue, then they should let their partner know. I think it's safe to say that the whole casually sleeping together business should end, out of respect, obviously. 
**On a side note: Emotions are involved in everything we do, despite what some people might say, and it can be very disheartening to be in a casual relationship with someone you trust enough to sleep with and them not be able to tell you they want to stop. That is how friendships end, sadly. It should never have to be that way. So always remember: Communication is key!


Moving on...I hate that term, "talking." I use that term because I think it's politically correct to say, instead of, "oh we're just fucking." In reality, I think people see "talking" in a specific way. I feel like if you tell someone you are "talking" to someone then you are in that in between dating and in a relationship stage. 


I also think "friends with benefits (fwb)" is such a cop out term. I don't really know anyone who actually uses that term when they are talking about sleeping with someone on a regular basis, but aren't dating them. Fuck buddies is also another term that makes me think in and of itself, is that politically correct?


I guess that leads me to the question: 
Is fucking someone on a regular basis without being in a relationship with them considered politically correct?...
-Doubtful, but in today's society it seems to be a trend. People are purely just trying to meet their physical needs with someone who is agreeing to do the same without having to deal with jealousy issues or other types of baggage some relationships tend to bring into people's lives. 


Other ways of saying "Oh we're just fucking" that might not necessarily be politically correct but have been said are:
-We know each other biblically. <-Oh the irony!
-We're heathens together.
-We're just living in sin.
-Casual relationship. <-That might be the closest thing to politically correct.
-Booty call.
-Friends by day, sex partners by night. <-haha!
And there are more, I am sure, but those were just a few I asked around for or have heard from people in the past.


Anyways, I wrote this post because I really don't know how to talk to someone without making myself sound like a slut, when I talk about having sex with the same person without dating them. In today's society, I feel like this is still frowned upon in the public eye, but looking beyond that, especially in my generation, it is a commonality. Hell, check out the movies No Strings Attached  and Friends With Benefits! These are just two movies that go to show you it is out there whether people want to see/know it or not.

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