is it bad if I've never been in a fwb type situation as

>>18233194
Don't feel bad. One night stands are complete dogshit. And the floozys that come onto guys are bars gross me out. They're usually dumb as fuck too.

You aren't really missing out on much. FWBs are a very precarious arrangement. People often think it's easier (just sex, no expectations) but in practice it is harder to find someone you can strike all the balances with than to find a girlfriend or boyfriend. Sex without a condom is less common due to lack of exclusivity, many things most people enjoy is usually off limits to avoid feelings develop (cuddling, sleeping over, making out when you're not fucking), there isn't the emotional dimension to the sex that it has in a relationship...

It looks to me like you think FWBs are when the girl thinks the guy is "so hot" that it's worth it to just have sex with him or something. In practice FWBs (especially the ones that actually work out) are just two people who are attracted to each other but at the end of the day don't like each other enough to date.

>>18233200
>>18233240

alright well I guess that actually makes sense. I'm wondering if its just an age thing too, I'm 26 and I always hear about younger kids hooking casually all the time and it was never like that when I was in high-school or even college (or maybe I was just painfully unaware)

>>18233256
I think it's more open now. I do know of it happening but most of the time it's "failed" in the sense that it's exes hooking up or someone hoping the other person falls for them anyway. I don't personally know anyone who straight up arranged a friends with benefits deal (instead of it winding up that way in the end) and have it work out. No doubt people also try to make it look like more than it is by calling someone they happened to sleep with twice but aren't dating a fuckbuddy, despite not exactly being able to text them for sex any time of the day and so on.

>>18233273
>more open
*more out in the open, I mean