Difference between a friendship and a relationship besides sex?

[Amaris]

That was in bad taste.

At least it was a good year.

 

[K'Ehleyr]

That was in bad taste.

At least it was a good year.

Well RJD is vintage

 

[bigdaddy]

Getting back on topic....

Friendships rarely end in break-ups.

Really? Friendships end and they normally end the same way as a sexual relationship... badly.

 

[RJDiogenes]

That was in bad taste.

At least it was a good year.

Well RJD is vintage

Indeed. Classic.

Getting back on topic....

Friendships rarely end in break-ups.

Really? Friendships end and they normally end the same way as a sexual relationship... badly.

Friendships don't have the same problems as sexual relationships because they don't have the same expectations of exclusivity. You can go bowling with one friend on Monday, to a movie with another friend on Thursday and hiking with a couple of others on the weekend and nobody cares. But with a sexual relationship, for the most part, it's an all-or-nothing thing. So friendships may expire, but they seldom have a clear-cut breakup of the kind a sexual relationship does.

 

[bigdaddy]

^ I don't understand what you said at all.

In a relationship you can go out and have fun with your friends?

 

[RJDiogenes]

What's not to understand? Friendships are non-exclusive, sexual relationships for the most part are. Therefore, fewer dramatic break ups with friendships.

 

[Zulu Romeo]

I have a good relationship with my parents. Make of that what you will.

 

[Pingfah]

What's not to understand? Friendships are non-exclusive, sexual relationships for the most part are. Therefore, fewer dramatic break ups with friendships.

He was being facetious, the joke being that once somebody is in a relationship, stereotype has it that they are no longer allowed to have friends

 

[bigdaddy]

What's not to understand? Friendships are non-exclusive, sexual relationships for the most part are. Therefore, fewer dramatic break ups with friendships.

He was being facetious, the joke being that once somebody is in a relationship, stereotype has it that they are no longer allowed to have friends

Yes, sadly I had a few friends that once they were in a relationship their girlfriends owned them. The only "friend" they are allowed is the girlfriend.

But a break up of a friendship can be even worse than that of a sexual relationship. You could have known them more and for years and just go on your separate ways and it still hurts.

 

[RJDiogenes]

Oops, I should have caught that one.

 

[archeryguy1701]

I'll admit that this is coming from someone who hasn't actually been in a relationship, but in my mind the only real difference between a relationship and a good friendship is the physical stuff (in general, not just sex). I have a really good friend who I hang out with a lot, we tell each other bloody near everything, and we just have a special connection. I would think that if we were to ever get into a relationship, the only major change would be the physical aspect.

 

[bigdaddy]

I'll admit that this is coming from someone who hasn't actually been in a relationship, but in my mind the only real difference between a relationship and a good friendship is the physical stuff (in general, not just sex). I have a really good friend who I hang out with a lot, we tell each other bloody near everything, and we just have a special connection. I would think that if we were to ever get into a relationship, the only major change would be the physical aspect.

But do you hug said friend?

Plus we get close to Clinton's way of thinking. If the only difference is physical and that means sex, then what does sex mean? I have done physical things with guys I have never "dated". Does groping equal relationship? How about jerking off together in the same room? Kissing is physical, so what about a kiss on the cheek?



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