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R2-Miao comments on More "Stupid" Questions - Less Wrong Discussion

14 Post author: NancyLebovitz 31 July 2013 09:18AM

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Comment author: [deleted] 03 August 2013 03:23:55PM 3 points [-]

A question for polyamorous people: What, to you, is the difference between a secondary partner and a friend with benefits?

Comment author: drethelin 03 August 2013 04:12:31PM 8 points [-]

Unfortunately that's kind of like asking what the difference in rank is between a Knight and a samurai. Poly is not monolithic and friends with benefits is itself a fairly new and evolving phrase, but from my point of view, a secondary poly partner is in a formal arrangement and fwb is informal. A poly partner is more likely to have constraints about what they do with others and has stronger emotional attachment. An fwb is a "we can both do whatever but when convenient we have sex"