FabSwingers.com forum: Definition of FB and Fwb?

By *ipBiterLexi OP Woman
over a year ago

Bridgwater, Somerset

So after reading a previous thread I'm wondering what the difference is between fuck buddies and friends with benefits? I've assumed they were the same but clearly they are not, what's the difference between the two?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

From my limited understanding, they can be one and the same quote often.

FBs are usually just people who regularly hook up together, but FwBs tend to have a solid friendship there in addition to regular hookups.

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By *ipBiterLexi OP Woman
over a year ago

Bridgwater, Somerset

So it depends on how strong the friendship is beyond the fucking then

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

That's my guess! XD

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By *inkySeeKinkyDoWoman
over a year ago

'tween PontyCarlo & CasVegas in West Yorks

My definition of a fuckbuddy would be someone you hook upwith only, whereas a fwb would be someone you spent time doing other things with as well as having sex, ie meals out, nights etc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My definition of a fuckbuddy would be someone you hook upwith only, whereas a fwb would be someone you spent time doing other things with as well as having sex, ie meals out, nights etc"

this

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By *ipBiterLexi OP Woman
over a year ago

Bridgwater, Somerset

So regular overnights would fall into fwb if you don't spend all night fucking

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

fb = sex only = fuck buddie

fwb = buys her things , takes her out , meals , drinks weekends away etc = a friend with benefits

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By *ollyGWoman
over a year ago

Southampton

"fb = sex only = fuck buddie

fwb = buys her things , takes her out , meals , drinks weekends away etc = a friend with benefits"

Isn't that a boyfriend? So confusing lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fb = sex only = fuck buddie

fwb = buys her things , takes her out , meals , drinks weekends away etc = a friend with benefits"

This

And I love my FWB true friendship. Talk about anything love spending time with each other but we know it won’t work as a full on relationship

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fb = sex only = fuck buddie

fwb = buys her things , takes her out , meals , drinks weekends away etc = a friend with benefits

Isn't that a boyfriend? So confusing lol"

^ this. I find the lines can get so blurred. My fwb booked theater tickets to a show i wanted to see and a posh hotel. Dinner drinks etc. Amazing time. Love his company. But he confuses the hell out of me x

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

How we see it is we don’t have butterflies for each other and can’t see us living together it being married and babies

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

FB - no pretence at anything other than using each other as a sexual outlet

Fwb, deliberate ploy to ensure a regular supply of sex and companionship while denying commitment

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I dont want that either. I am never getting married or living with anyone again. But I think I'd like someone who is mine (like a boyfriend) who we saw eachother when we could but left eachother alone too! So maybe i am just after a fwb?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fb = sex only = fuck buddie

fwb = buys her things , takes her out , meals , drinks weekends away etc = a friend with benefits"

wrong in mycase

no FWB have brought me nothing. its 50/50 with me

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I guess the real test would be how long the friendship lasts if the sex were cut off

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I dont want that either. I am never getting married or living with anyone again. But I think I'd like someone who is mine (like a boyfriend) who we saw eachother when we could but left eachother alone too! So maybe i am just after a fwb? "

You can have a committed relationship without marriage or living together

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"I guess the real test would be how long the friendship lasts if the sex were cut off

i have 3 long term friends who we have had friends with benefits and back to friends and we remained close. yes was hard for one or the other but true friendship is never smooth

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By *ipBiterLexi OP Woman
over a year ago

Bridgwater, Somerset

Agree 50/50 on everything, I hate feeling like I owe anything or am owed anything. Seems the definition is different depending on the relationship you have

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I would say FWB is similar to girlfriend/boyfriend but without the long term commitment or exclusivity. FB is just someone for sex.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Agree 50/50 on everything, I hate feeling like I owe anything or am owed anything. Seems the definition is different depending on the relationship you have

And does it really matter? So long as the people involved are all happy with it - or are they????

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

FB - sex only and regularly

FWB - friendship, going out together, drinks etc and sex but no commitment.

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By *ipBiterLexi OP Woman
over a year ago

Bridgwater, Somerset

"Agree 50/50 on everything, I hate feeling like I owe anything or am owed anything. Seems the definition is different depending on the relationship you have

And does it really matter? So long as the people involved are all happy with it - or are they????"

Very true

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

For me FB is simply turn up have sex and go. A FWB is someone you may have more of a date experience with. Afternoon shopping, food or cinema and then something more naughty later.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"For me FB is simply turn up have sex and go. A FWB is someone you may have more of a date experience with. Afternoon shopping, food or cinema and then something more naughty later. "

Mmmmm something more naughty than shopping? Shoplifting? hehe

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Agree 50/50 on everything, I hate feeling like I owe anything or am owed anything. Seems the definition is different depending on the relationship you have

this is how i am too

if he paid for the food for example i would pay for the room

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By *ipBiterLexi OP Woman
over a year ago

Bridgwater, Somerset

"For me FB is simply turn up have sex and go. A FWB is someone you may have more of a date experience with. Afternoon shopping, food or cinema and then something more naughty later.

Mmmmm something more naughty than shopping? Shoplifting? hehe "

Haha

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By *inkySeeKinkyDoWoman
over a year ago

'tween PontyCarlo & CasVegas in West Yorks

"For me FB is simply turn up have sex and go. A FWB is someone you may have more of a date experience with. Afternoon shopping, food or cinema and then something more naughty later.

Mmmmm something more naughty than shopping? Shoplifting? hehe "

Yes hes renowned for it in these parts, but being a Gent only from John Lewis and Harvey Nics

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"My definition of a fuckbuddy would be someone you hook upwith only, whereas a fwb would be someone you spent time doing other things with as well as having sex, ie meals out, nights etc"

This

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

It's just words...

It's the actions that determine what the relationship actually is....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

FB is purely sex nothing else, FWB you actually hang out ect. Like a relationship but without the commitment

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By *hunkyChickWoman
over a year ago

wolverhampton

"FB - no pretence at anything other than using each other as a sexual outlet

Fwb, deliberate ploy to ensure a regular supply of sex and companionship while denying commitment"

This!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fb = sex only = fuck buddie

fwb = buys her things , takes her out , meals , drinks weekends away etc = a friend with benefits

Isn't that a boyfriend? So confusing lol"

I hope not. I always assumed I had two FBs.....apparently they are FWBs! Who knew?

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By *not69Man
over a year ago

Lancashire

"My definition of a fuckbuddy would be someone you hook upwith only, whereas a fwb would be someone you spent time doing other things with as well as having sex, ie meals out, nights etc"

This

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fb = sex only = fuck buddie

fwb = buys her things , takes her out , meals , drinks weekends away etc = a friend with benefits

Isn't that a boyfriend? So confusing lol

I’ve done this too.....but don’t think she got confused...was a show I wanted to see too....and to be fair she bought plenty of the drinks....and the kebabs at 2.30!

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By *c-ukMan
over a year ago

Sevenoaks

fuck buddy = a mythical character in mystical fantasises.

fwb = Well that's just a unicorn

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"fb = sex only = fuck buddie

fwb = buys her things , takes her out , meals , drinks weekends away etc = a friend with benefits"

Wow! My husband never did all that stuff. I certainly wouldn't want a fwb to. Sounds more like a sugar daddy. I like the other definitions of friendship that have nothing to do with people buying each other stuff.

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By *hingy2Woman
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

Great reply

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ok. Another question (fear not my fwb will be getting spoken about about all of this when i see him next)

You do all of the lovely fwb stuff as above- but you exclusively see eachother?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok. Another question (fear not my fwb will be getting spoken about about all of this when i see him next)

You do all of the lovely fwb stuff as above- but you exclusively see eachother? "

Seriously, that's a relationship, stop kidding yourself

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok. Another question (fear not my fwb will be getting spoken about about all of this when i see him next)

You do all of the lovely fwb stuff as above- but you exclusively see eachother?

Seriously, that's a relationship, stop kidding yourself

Thanks for the eye roll

its not me who thinks otherwise! Its just nice to hear others opinions as this is all new to me (1 year out of an 11 year relationship)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok. Another question (fear not my fwb will be getting spoken about about all of this when i see him next)

You do all of the lovely fwb stuff as above- but you exclusively see eachother?

Seriously, that's a relationship, stop kidding yourself

Thanks for the eye roll

its not me who thinks otherwise! Its just nice to hear others opinions as this is all new to me (1 year out of an 11 year relationship)"

I'd be careful if I were you, you're essentially giving your time, your emotions and exclusivity to someone who wishes to deny you commitment of any kind

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By *eavenscentitCouple
over a year ago

barnstaple

We are fwb, for us it works well. Neither of us want a conventional type arrangement. We do support each other too.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok. Another question (fear not my fwb will be getting spoken about about all of this when i see him next)

You do all of the lovely fwb stuff as above- but you exclusively see eachother?

Seriously, that's a relationship, stop kidding yourself

Thanks for the eye roll

its not me who thinks otherwise! Its just nice to hear others opinions as this is all new to me (1 year out of an 11 year relationship)

I'd be careful if I were you, you're essentially giving your time, your emotions and exclusivity to someone who wishes to deny you commitment of any kind "

Pretty much!

Its ok. Im seeing him at the weekend and it will either be a define the relationship conversation or an ending it conversation!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We are fwb, for us it works well. Neither of us want a conventional type arrangement. We do support each other too. "

I personally think the situation which is mutually satisfactory is far less readily achieved thanks people like to think.

And of course, even if it starts out that way, anyone can have a change of feeling or develop dependence on the relationship.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *hortieWoman
over a year ago

Northampton

FWB brings beer, cheese and films.. FB might possibly bring a bottle of wine, If you're lucky.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pretty much!

Its ok. Im seeing him at the weekend and it will either be a define the relationship conversation or an ending it conversation!

Best of luck to you

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"We are fwb, for us it works well. Neither of us want a conventional type arrangement. We do support each other too. "

That's us too !!

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By *izzy.Woman
over a year ago

Stoke area

"Ok. Another question (fear not my fwb will be getting spoken about about all of this when i see him next)

You do all of the lovely fwb stuff as above- but you exclusively see eachother? "

Not exclusive. Otherwise it's a typical boyfriend girlfriend thing.

FB just meet for sex.

FWB is friends with benefits. So it's a friendship..spending time together and enjoying cinema, meals out whatever plus sex.

The name explains it to me

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By *eviantdeliteWoman
over a year ago

Cheltenham

So a “relationship” where they speak most days as friends ...with obviously sexual talk and innuendo thrown in a lot of the time.....but not a given....but they are half a world away (one in U.K., one in US) but when they are back in same country they make every effort to see each other for sex....what is that? Still fuck buddies.....or FwB’s ?

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By *izzy.Woman
over a year ago

Stoke area

"So a “relationship” where they speak most days as friends ...with obviously sexual talk and innuendo thrown in a lot of the time.....but not a given....but they are half a world away (one in U.K., one in US) but when they are back in same country they make every effort to see each other for sex....what is that? Still fuck buddies.....or FwB’s ?"

If the main thing they get out of the relationship is sex, thats the reason to get together ....FB. If it's all about Friendship and they do stiff together and support each other when things are good or bad. That's a general friendship...so FWB

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By *hingy2Woman
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"I guess the real test would be how long the friendship lasts if the sex were cut off

Exactly xx

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By *hingy2Woman
over a year ago

STOKE ON TRENT

"FB - sex only and regularly

FWB - friendship, going out together, drinks etc and sex but no commitment.

This

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By *uicy72Woman
over a year ago

North Colchester

"My definition of a fuckbuddy would be someone you hook upwith only, whereas a fwb would be someone you spent time doing other things with as well as having sex, ie meals out, nights etc"

This for me too

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By *litterbabeWoman
over a year ago

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"My definition of a fuckbuddy would be someone you hook upwith only, whereas a fwb would be someone you spent time doing other things with as well as having sex, ie meals out, nights etc

This for me too "

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By *ndianmale34Man
over a year ago

London/Kent

I agree with Juicy.

For me FWB leads to better sex as you get to know about the person etc. Great way if having a partner for sex and gun as well as for a laugh without it being a relationship in the traditional sense. Meeting when free and getting on with life the rest of the time

Great profile and pictures Juicy

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By *estinysswingersCouple
over a year ago

Worsley

What does urban dictionary say? They are the Oxford English Dictionary equivalent in this world.

Fuck Buddy

When two friends enjoy the benefits of sex but are not committed to a relationship with each other.

friends with benefits

2 close friends who think it would be fun to have sex with each other again and again. Until 1 falls in love and gets their heart broken when the other doesn't want a relationship.

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By *is vixen at playCouple
over a year ago

Dundee

"My definition of a fuckbuddy would be someone you hook upwith only, whereas a fwb would be someone you spent time doing other things with as well as having sex, ie meals out, nights etc

This for me too "

This is my understanding as well, V can have if she chooses a reg fb but we wouldn't be comfortable with a fwb. That's just for us together. G

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By *obin_and_marionMan
over a year ago

Beaconsfield

"So it depends on how strong the friendship is beyond the fucking then

That's our view...

Marion and I both have a Fwb... people we've known for years through work and were friends first before we converted them from the friends zone into the Fwb zone through a lot of time flirting, etc.

They both know that we swing and know that our other half knows about them.

In each case, we're primarily friends first, but we meet from time to time to spend time doing friends things (sightseeing, going out, theatre, walks in the park, etc - like dating) and we fuck as well.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Apparently it means tell someone your seeking Fb/fwb....

Meet them once then lie to them while fucking others then rinse and repeat

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Ok. Another question (fear not my fwb will be getting spoken about about all of this when i see him next)

You do all of the lovely fwb stuff as above- but you exclusively see eachother?

Seriously, that's a relationship, stop kidding yourself

Thanks for the eye roll

its not me who thinks otherwise! Its just nice to hear others opinions as this is all new to me (1 year out of an 11 year relationship)

I'd be careful if I were you, you're essentially giving your time, your emotions and exclusivity to someone who wishes to deny you commitment of any kind

Pretty much!

Its ok. Im seeing him at the weekend and it will either be a define the relationship conversation or an ending it conversation!

Hope you got things sorted hon. -x-

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