Relationships or Friends With Benefits?
The last time I decided to write something on Mr. Arya’s blogspot, many thought that it was too personal and that I was a complete a**hole for doing something like that. So I did some soul searching and turns out that I am in fact an a**hole, and I am proud to be one.
Anyway after much contemplation, I have decided to put pen on paper again, or rather my fat, ill-maintained fingers on the keyboard again. I am someone who has never been in a relationship for long, apart from my first girlfriend with whom I was with for 3 years. The maximum time I have been with a woman is a little over a year. I am not boasting about anything here, neither am I talking about any phobia from commitment. But what I would like to do here is ponder over being in a relationship altogether, as compared to having friends with benefits.
Now most of my close friends would tell me that I am writing this piece because I have never found true love. Maybe that is correct, but you have to understand my friends that every time I was dating someone, I convinced myself that I was in love with her. I told myself numerous times this girl is perfect and that I would not get anyone better than her to spend the rest of my life with. Then I would start naming our kids and she would run away. Or it could even so happen that I would start nitpicking, and the smallest of habits of my better half at that point would drive me nuts. Again, the optimists would argue that I have never found true love. But my question is why should I or anyone for that matter, even look for true love?
Let us talk about relationships to begin with:
The Chase:
Oh I love this part. It is the only thing I can give to relationships. But then again, when you think about it, you have to chase your friend to convince him/her to sleep with you with no strings attached. So I take that point back from relationships.
Most men (apart from my married friends) would like to be with a good looking woman. Of course good looks may be subjective, but in their head she has to be good looking. Compatibility is overrated for us, and we really don’t care. If I were given a choice between a girl who is as compatible with me as Bhalla and Robert were, and Roshan Khambatta, I would pick Roshan Khambatta any freaking day.
I would like to reveal a small secret here that most men themselves might not know; all of us want trophy wives. Don’t deny it. If that were not the case, why the hell do you people go to the girl’s house in an arranged marriage scenario? If you are looking for true love, and looks don’t matter, talk to the girl on the phone and get married to her without ever seeing her. So what if she may have a beard and 3 boobs? She is your soul mate, right?
Even when it comes to the chase you only go after the “good looking” ones. Now here is the girl’s side. A girl, more often than not, would chase a guy if she sees a future. For example:
· If she sees a guy who is good looking, she will think, “oh this guy is so cute. We will have such beautiful babies”.
· If she sees a guy playing with kids, “Oh my God, he will be such an amazing father to my kids”.
· If she sees a strong guy, “I can definitely make him do some chores around the house, and make him do the groceries all the time”.
· If she sees a combination of all of the above, “He is going to be my slave for the rest of his life.”
The Relationship:
You know the worst part about being in a relationship? The relationship! Seriously, it sucks ass. You are tied down, you have differences which you have to “learn to adjust to”, or learn to “live with”, or even worse “make some sacrifices”. Screw that!
Now I would like to talk about the dream relationship for every single man, Friends with Benefits:
If anyone saw the promos for the movie with the same title, and if you see what Justin Timberlake does to Mila Kunis at some award function on stage to promote the movie, you would be sold right there on the concept! I would not have to explain shit. Unfortunately, not everyone has the time to search for all videos that can get a man’s blood pumping to the correct parts and so I would have to elaborate a bit.
FWBs have existed since a long time but these days, more and more people are getting into it. Be it the influence of the west, or be it not everyone having Idea 3G, people want to do it. As explained above, the process of getting into a relationship is too long, and too time consuming. Finding someone who just wants to do it with no strings attached, much much faster. Tough choice isn’t it? NOT.
FWBs are like the duck laying golden eggs. You can get a golden egg every time you want, and you can never fathom killing it. People up in North India are staunch believers in the FWB ideology I suppose. They consider every girl their friends and try to get some benefits. Unfortunately, they are unable to explain this to cops or journalists alike, and they end up being termed rapists.
FWBs may have its drawbacks too. Usually, one of the two involved tends to develop feelings which may sooner or later screw up that friendship. But the simple solution is to have an out clause where as soon as one person develops feelings, the other person can say, “you are out!” or “chal nikkal” as I would put it.
Coming back to the main question in hand, which should one go for? People in relationships may argue that in relationship you can share your feelings, your frustrations with your better half. But isn’t that what friends are for? Be it of the same sex or of the opposite sex? Friends are there in your life to support you through your ups and downs, so why the hell do you have to date someone for that?
My take is that man was not meant to be monogamous is my take. What is yours?