#brunchtalk: Is having a friends with benefits helpful or harmful?

Dateable: Your insider's look into modern dating and relationships

Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick

Relationships, Sexuality, Science, Social Sciences, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture

4.5 • 877 Ratings

🗓️ 31 July 2022

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

So you're looking for a long-term relationship, but for now you got that "friend" you may call when you're looking for a little something something. While you know they aren't 'The One', it's better than nothing, right? You're still getting something out of it...but are you? Join us for this week's brunch talk as we talk about how this arrangement may be setting you back despite realizing it, the exceptions for when a friends with benefits may be helpful, and how to decide if yours is getting in the way or not. Got a question you need answered? Hit us up at [email protected] Follow us @dateablepodcast. Check out our website for more content, virtual live show dates, and merch. Join the Sounding Board at https://www.dateablepodcast.com/soundingboard Thank you to our partners for this episode: Drizly: Download the Drizly app or go to Drizly.com and use promo code FAST5 for $5 off your first order. Ettitude: Get 20% off your order of unbelievably soft bamboo sheets and free shipping for a limited time by going to ettitude.com/dateable Cover art Photography Credit: Larry Wong #lwongphoto Dateable is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at frolic.media/podcasts WE WROTE A BOOK! HOW TO BE DATEABLE is available for pre-order now: https://howtobedateable.com/ Meeting People IRL Kickstarter - CLOSES August 31st and get $10 OFF now through then! Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/dateable-podcast/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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0:00.0	The dateable podcast is an insider's look into modern dating that the
0:04.8	Huffington Post calls one of the top 10 podcasts about love and sex. On each
0:09.5	episode we'll talk to real daters about everything from sex parties to sex droughts, date fails to diaper
0:15.3	fetishes, and first moves to first loves.
0:17.8	I'm your host, U.S.U.
0:19.4	Former dating coach turned dating sociologist.
0:22.0	You also hear from my co-host and producer Julie Craft Chick
0:25.2	as we explore this crazy dateable world.
0:32.1	Wow, is it time for a brunch? It's always time for brunch. It's time for brunch talk, that's
0:38.4	for sure. Always time for brunch talk when we're dishing about dating, always.
0:43.6	And I realize that people must listen to this
0:45.2	at different time.
0:46.0	So maybe it just sounds super awkward
0:48.3	when it's like Tuesday night at 10 PM.
0:50.9	Hey, any time you could gab with your girlfriends or guy friends.
0:55.0	It's the best.
0:56.0	That's the best.
0:57.0	It could be dinner talk, it could be tea time, it could be whatever the fuck you want it to be.
1:00.5	Yeah, whatever you want to call it, but we call it brunch talk, so welcome.
1:04.4	It's a metaphor for dishing.
1:09.7	Here we go.
1:10.3	We are back again with another episode of brunch talk where we dissect your burning dating
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