Friday, September 28, 2007

Friends With Benefits and Communism

On the face of it, Frieds With Benefits and Communism would appear to be mutually exclusive, but that's just not true.

On paper, in the abstract, initially both ideas seem like they could work.

In practice, both lead to a very few being happy and well taken care of, and the rest of the masses are left in abject misery.

Both were initially proposed by a guy named Karl. (OK, I don't know if that's actually true, but 3 points seemed stronger than 2.)

Agree with me? Disagree? Feel free to discuss.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

I've never had/been a friends with benefits and I've never been a Communist but your remark about Karl cracked me up!

Annie said...

The only Friends with Benefits without complications (FwBwoC) would be to have a regular affair with a HOT good-looking bisexual, or a Gay Guy who doesn't mind loaning his apparatus along with a little tenderness... I think it'd work.

Communism? The idea is great. Kind of like Plato's idea of a perfect community... Everybody's profession is based on your competency - but the problem of course is WHO gets to decide who is good at being a carpenter, policeman, etc. Know what I mean.

The Karl thing went over my head. Don't tell Goddessani.

Annie said...

OH! a funny DVD I just saw "Advice from a Caterpillar" starring Andy Dick, Timothy Olyphant and Cynthia Nixon.

Andy is gay. Cynthia is his best friend. Tim is bisexual and is Andy's "regular"... when Cynthia needs a night of just sex, Andy suggests loaning Tim to Cynthia. Quite funny and DAMN! Tim looks great *drool*.

Connie said...

The Karl is a reference to Karl Marx, the "father of communism."

Unknown said...

Everything looks good on paper (religion, politics, recipes, ...), but it's when people get involved that those same things get seriously screwed up. :D

Annie said...

The Karl is a reference to Karl Marx, the "father of communism." ??????

Doi!

LOL... and here I thought you were talking about Karl Urban... Mr. Yummy-man.

Unknown said...

Friends with benefits is purely blissful at first, but ends in tragedy usually. First of all, you're lying to yourself by saying it's not a "relationship", you started as friends right? There's already an emotional attachment there in itself. Then you add sex to the mix, you start spending even more time together...you're basically in a relationship where you may or may not be cheating on eachother. I went through a friend with benefits stage a few months ago, it lasted almost a year, and its horrible now. We went from being best friends, (both having boyfriends, p.s. she's a girl and so am I), to having sex a few times a week, and basically being in a relationship, without the label, now we can't even speak, because its just not the same. Friends with benefits eventually and inevitably end, save yourself the grief and the friend.