What do you think about casual relationships?

@grenzy8 (183)
Philippines
August 5, 2012 12:19am CST
I have a friend who's into casual relationships, where he kinda date a girl, do some intimate moments, dating, bonding but both parties agree that they don't have any commitment with each other for them to avoid future hurts. I'm really wondering what benefit could they get from this kind of relationships? Are they really happy with it?
9 responses
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
5 Aug 12
bonding but they don`t have any commitments?? can you explain it?/ i don`t understand
@grenzy8 (183)
• Philippines
5 Aug 12
I mean they are in a relationshhip but they have no commitment at all, I think with my friends case. They are on, just mutual they go on exclusive dating, intimate moments but I guess when it's over no hurt feelings something like that.
@adhyz82 (36249)
• Indonesia
5 Aug 12
iam confused.. they are bonding because they love each other.. right?? it is usual if when they love each other but someday they must break up their relationship and both of them are dissapointed with it.. intimate momments?? like what the example??
• Bangladesh
5 Aug 12
Casual relation is just like occupying a piece of land for time being. If suddenly comes a comtomer to purchase the land then the occupier wont have any objection. Because he was not ready to get hurt in case of handing over the land to others.
@Jshean20 (14349)
• Canada
6 Aug 12
As long as no one gets hurt in this kind of relationship, I totally support it. I could never do it because I wouldn't want to become attached to someone who doesn't want to be with me and only me. I think if someone wants a casual relationship they need to discuss it with the other person before anything happens, otherwise someone might get attached and this is where people get hurt.
@adforme (2114)
5 Aug 12
I would imagine some people do this to establish short term connections that allow for people to relate on whatever level they choose for the moment. Making a commitment requires a lot of sacrifice. Happiness is relative. It is relative to having a lack of regret and being able to get pass any past transgressions. This is my opinion. If one cannot commit themselves totally. He or she should better relate to those who feel the same. When one wants to be totally committed in a relationship, he or she should be with someone that feels the same. How to know who this is, is the question.
@jugsjugs (12967)
5 Aug 12
In a casual relationship people get to sleep around with other people, yuk. I think though it is up to the people that are in a relationship to decide if that is what they both want. There are to many people that sleep around and to me that is yuk, as you could catch things and spread diseases to one another. Its not something that I would want to do, neither would I want anyone that had been doing that as a partner.
• Philippines
5 Aug 12
I guess the only benefit they could get is for them to be able to satisfy their biological needs. Physically, I guess they were happy because they keep on doing it. But for me it's not a good thing because intimacy for me goes with love. I am sometimes thinking, how can these people especially for women to be in this kind of relationship. But I guess most people who practices it have traumatic experience on serious relationships.
@tetris15 (539)
• Philippines
5 Aug 12
Only them could answer what benefit one can get from the other and it's entirely up to them if what they have makes them happy. We'll never know why they enter in that kind of relationship in the first place. I think the question would be is what keeps them going? Is it really the companionship or just the ego telling them that I have a plus one?
• Bangladesh
5 Aug 12
There are some pairs who thinks that they are not worthy for each other to involve in marriage and just wants to enjoy each other they usually make such casual relationship. I think may be this is the concept of western conjugal relationship. Whats the use bonding in marriage that creates hundreds of mutual problems resulting in break up later times? I think those parties are so scientific.
@Raine38 (12257)
• United States
5 Aug 12
I say different strokes for different folks! Some people are okay with this kind of arrangement, and I think it's fine as long as they both know what to expect and not to expect from each other. Some people are better off not committing into relationships, not that I have ever been into one but I have seen some friends getting hurt because of people who were not really ready for a relationship but they did it anyway.
• Indonesia
5 Aug 12
I think it's casual relationship casual relationship, perhaps for this single serves as a rah-rah because to know what the relationship. like you said earlier, the benefits of casual relationships because of their lack of commitment can surf to find other relationships, in order to find out what it means to a relationship. I think probably for those who still play in the running of this relationship is very pleasant.