you see...as I'd read this..it, to me, isn't clear that the fwb stops and the romancing new partnership begins...until you cleared it up.

If this was the case...there wouldn't be a second date with me...I'd figure that you were looking too soon for a replacement b/f...no different from an FWB...I'd still not see you as a suitable partner for me.

I'm kinda surprised to read this, because it implies a couple of things - that there is some kind of "period of celibacy" or a defined period between boyfriends or FWBs. Why is that? Is the end of a boyfriend/girlfriend relationship or a FWB relationship MORE threatening if it ends on good terms? Does that imply to anyone that it might spontaneously resume?

Secondly, is it "safer" for some people to establish a relationship with someone who has ended a previous relationship badly? Does that give it a finality that is satisfying to the "next guy?"

if you have to question what i mean when i say "values", then i really don't see any use in explaining it to you. you have apparently already pre-framed the so-called debate in terms that indicate your staunch and automatic disagreement to anything i might say.

Well yea...there should be some sort of break between partners to get oneself right...heal...move on as it were...yes, I do believe in the celibacy period...how long...Idunno...certianly longer than the time between lawn mowings.

Honest this pisses me off at this stage of the game, the men need to grow up and woman need to cross thier legs. Maybe just maybe men might learn how to treat a woman like a lady and woman will learn how to be one!

If one needs to "heal" after only 3 months of dating.......then one needs to
stop and ask themselves why they are investing so much emotion in someone
they've only known 3 months.

Sometimes sex is just sex.
If it doesn't work for you, simply don't do it. If it doesn't work for you to be with
someone who has had a FWB relationship in the past, simply don't do it.
nuff said.

With that said, I've not had a FWB relationship, it's simply not my cup of tea.
But I can understand those that do.

I understand some can have sex with no connection, I simply can't.

3 month relationship was precluded by several other 3 month relationships...and that the person involved is co-dependent

If one needs to "heal" after only 3 months of dating.......then one needs to
stop and ask themselves why they are investing so much emotion in someone
they've only known 3 months.

Yeah, I guess I feel like you are settling for less than the whole relationship and don't know why anyone would.

With sex there is always a connection of some kind although it may not be an emotional one. I say GO HAVE FUN. If more people did the world would be a happier place. Peace out.