Name: Why friends with benefits never works
Uploaded: 2022-04-23T00:36:55.000Z
Duration: 4 min 57 s
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Adverbs of manner

to make friends with benefits work, or one night stands

Adverbs of degree

Because even though I signed the social contract,

- Your honor, if you look here at exhibit 123 A

you see here a signature by Ms. Anna Akana,

attesting to the fact that she's willing to participate

in a purely sexual relationship with my client.

in this contract it says you consented to not catch feelings

- Your honor, I absolutely did sign that contract,

but before I did, I didn't realize how handsome he is.

that my inability to be friends with benefits

That it was just me who was thinking with my vagina

when it came to trying to have a casual fling with a friend.

is because of the handy dandy Familiarity Principle.

We are attracted to what is familiar to us.

facial attractiveness is positively correlated

Meaning we react positively to the known.

especially exposure that is intimate or romantic,

will lead to strong feelings of affection.

- There was an entire study done on the topic in 2020,

a longitudinal study of friends with benefits relationships.

how these friends with benefits relationships progressed

and what predictors made them more or less likely

So the study was published in Personal Relationships

and it suggests that a friends with benefits relationship

only played out how people wanted it to 17% of the time.

that these relationships carry high levels of uncertainty

and they tend to be less emotionally and sexually satisfying

So in the study, 192 people were surveyed

to figure out what people wanted out of their FWB situation

48% hoped that their FWBR would stay the same,

to see the relationship evolve how they wanted it to

were those who hoped it would end in friendship

and 59% of them got that desired outcome.

Whereas only 15% of those who wanted it to develop

into a romantic relationship actually got what they wanted.

The study actually concluded that communication

for friends with benefits relationships to end well.

communication between the two partners played a crucial role

in determining their level of satisfaction

I am so glad that we were able to stay friends

thank you to the Patreons for supporting today's video

it's recommended to get tested at least annually

As someone with an STD, I know that bringing them up

so much so that 51% of people do not get STD tests

because they don't wanna have those talks,

even though 1 million sexually transmitted infections

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Why friends with benefits never works

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