by Kontiki Brown

Created on: October 16, 2009

A "friends with benefits" relationship, in contrary to traditional dating has become the new thing, when it comes to having a relationship that consists of being sexual involved with no strings attached. This type of relationship puts men and women into the position to sleep with people of their choice guilt free, without being in a committed relationship. Even though these relationships makes the dating scene a little less difficult in tolerance, there are still rules that needs to followed to keep any conflict of interest from emerging.

Make sure to set the rules for the relationship from the start:

First off, when being involved in this type of relationship, there are ground rules that needs to be set. Make sure that you both are on the same page, as to what kind of relationship it's going to be and how it's going to work out. Make sure the rules are even and are agreed upon completely. No need to make the relationship complicated when it doesn't have to be. When, from the beginning, it's only suppose to be a platonic relationship, consisting of being only sexual involved with each other.

Find out all the necessary information before getting involved with each other:

People in "friends with benefits" relationships, in many cases, who previously have an established relationship with other. They may not see eye to eye as far as dating each other exclusively, but still may be physically and sexual attracted to each other, resulting in this type of relationship. But there are also those situations where this isn't the case. There are those times when the two are meeting each other and are just getting to know one another. Before getting in a "friends with benefits" relationship with someone new , there should be some drastic measures taken. First of all, get to know them, find out background information, like their dating status. The worse thing to happen in this situation, is to be misinformed. They could already be involved in a "friends with benefits"relationship, in which might not meet approval. You also need to find out their status as far as sexually transmitted diseases are concerned. This should ultimately be one the first things discussed before getting involved with each other. It's better to be safe than sorry, the rate of sexually transmitted diseases and other diseases are at an all-time high. And as being responsible human beings, we should all be upfront about this, and stay protected to keep the rate from getting any higher than it already is.

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