Does being friends with benefits ever work?
I've been friends with a guy for almost 10 years. In the past 4 years or so we've tried to be more then friends. It was casual and fun ;). Neither of us had any desire to get into a serious relationship. We live in different states and are both very committed to our careers at the moment. The relationship eventually became strained because both of us have want more then just an ongoing fling, but never at the same time. So I stopped the relationship a year ago because it was never meant to be stressful. Now we've become friends again and he has been hinting at wanting a friends with benefits situation. Can a long distance, casual, open relationship be successful?