Friends With Benefits Is Free. But There Is a Maintenance Cost. | OPUS Chapter 03

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Friends With Benefits Is Free. But There Is a Maintenance Cost. | OPUS Chapter 03

A friends-with-benefits relationship has no price tag. That does not mean it has no cost.

What do you pay instead of money?

Time. Scheduling. Messages. Consideration. Sometimes emotion. You cannot always meet exactly when you want, because the other person has a life too.

Table showing hidden costs of a friends-with-benefits relationship including time, scheduling, communication, consideration and emotion
“Free” and “without cost” are not the same thing.

As the relationship continues, familiarity can become comfort, comfort can become trust, and trust can make someone feel special.

Woman reflecting on how familiarity and trust in a friends-with-benefits relationship can become emotional attachment

Maintaining the relationship is itself a form of payment.

With friends with benefits, you may not pay money, but you maintain a relationship. Chapter 04 asks what happens when one person wants to end it.

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