If you haven’t read Part 1 and want to know the story of how I got a fuck buddy, read that one first.

First off, being a fuck buddy and being friends with benefits are two different things.

In the beginning, I thought we were friends with benefits.  It became clear by spring semester we were fuck buddies.  The difference is: FWB–you hang out, have good conversations, inquire about parts of their life that are more than surface details, and also have good sex.  FB–you’re purely using each other.  It’s all it is. Maybe in the downtime you discuss details of life, but not much.  He and I were friends, I wouldn’t say he wasn’t my friend, but we weren’t FWBs.

But anyway, besides learning the difference I also learned:

• I learned that I can’t separate sex and emotion as much as I tried. It just doesn’t work for me.
• How to say exactly what I want in that regard.  I used to be kind of afraid to admit all the awesome things I wanted to do, now its easy peasy.
• The Dirty Text Message Game.  He taught it to me and now I’m trying to teach it to someone else.  It’s a fantastic game, I promise you. Just do it!
• I learned other delicious facts, but they are not suitable for this blog.  Only those who are really lucky will ever find them out .

But more importantly the rules of fuck buddying:

• You’re not allowed to get jealous.  At all. Either of you are free to do whatever you want.
• You don’t really cuddle afterwards. Maybe for a second, tops.
• Kissing, it isn’t guaranteed
• You don’t hang around the next morning
• You don’t get to know their roommates or friends
• Alcohol should be involved
• It is not a relationship
• Wrap it up, bitches!
• The questions you ask, don’t have to have answers
• You don’t say “I love you” (that one is for all those girls who asked me that when I went and spoke about it to a class)
• It is absolutely going no where (that one is for them too)
• Do not fall in love with your FWB or FB (that one too)

A good friend of mine recently found herself in this situation.  She called me and asked my advice. To which I said:

Do it.  We all have to (be sluts sometimes or another) make mistakes sometime or another.  So make them while you’re young.  You won’t regret it, you’ll just realize it probably isn’t for you.  Just remember the rules and look for someone to date while you do it and then move on. It’s good while it lasts. And, he’s hot right? Ok, good, because if not, what’s the point?

Good luck to any of you FB-ing out there.  But don’t be a fool and wrap your tool .