FWB ....A...what's the difference

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Registered: 05-19-2009
FWB ....A...what's the difference
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Thu, 05-21-2009 - 5:14pm
What's the difference between a FWB and an affair? Is there a difference?
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Registered: 04-05-2007
Thu, 05-21-2009 - 8:45pm

FWB is a type of relationship that might be an affair - or it can be an arrangement between two single people. It's basically an R that is a "friend" relationship but also involves sex. There is the idea that the sex is for the fun of it, and deeper emotions are not supposed to get involved. If one or both of the parties involved in a FWB relationship is married to someone else, then it is also an affair.

An affair is any relationship outside of marriage that the spouses don't know about. It can be a FWB relationship, or it can involve very deep feelings. Sometimes it doesn't even involve sex, but if you're sneaking behind a spouse's back to spend time with someone else, even if it's simply time online or on the phone, and sharing things with that other person that you probably should be sharing with your spouse, then it's an affair.

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