A study published last year in Women’s Studies International Forum stated that "friend with benefits" relationships are becoming increasingly popular, especially among young adults. (Getty Images) ...

Platonic relationships prioritize emotional bonds and mutual respect over romantic love and sexual passion.

At some point, you’ve probably heard someone casually say, “We’re just friends with benefits.” But what does that really mean? Are they friends? Lovers? Something in between? A “friends with benefits” ...

There are lots of signs that your FWB is catching feelings for you, like if they ask your opinion on big decisions.

Dear Amy: My boyfriend and I have been on/off for the past five years. During the time we were apart, he had another girlfriend. I didn’t know about her. He and I maintained a “friends with benefits” ...

Traditionally, sex was only supposed to occur within the context of an intimate relationship. Until the sexual revolution of the 1960s, that usually meant couples were only supposed to have sex after ...

Such was the case when Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher entirely ignored the core messaging that was at the heart of their separate-but-basically-the-same 2011 rom-coms to take a stab at being friends ...

Emma Medeiros made a special friend decades ago while she was in college. Ultimately, Adam Caldow would become her best friend — and also her “friend with benefits,” slang for a friendship that ...