A study published last year in Women’s Studies International Forum stated that "friend with benefits" relationships are becoming increasingly popular, especially among young adults. (Getty Images) ...

At some point, you’ve probably heard someone casually say, “We’re just friends with benefits.” But what does that really mean? Are they friends? Lovers? Something in between? A “friends with benefits” ...

Dear Amy: My boyfriend and I have been on/off for the past five years. During the time we were apart, he had another girlfriend. I didn’t know about her. He and I maintained a “friends with benefits” ...

Traditionally, sex was only supposed to occur within the context of an intimate relationship. Until the sexual revolution of the 1960s, that usually meant couples were only supposed to have sex after ...

DEAR ABBY: I have been having a friend-with-benefits relationship with a man I’ll call “Gene.” We are both in our 70s. He lives an hour away, and we see each other once a month. Gene is married, but ...

Such was the case when Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher entirely ignored the core messaging that was at the heart of their separate-but-basically-the-same 2011 rom-coms to take a stab at being friends ...

Dear Amy: My boyfriend and I have been on/off for the past five years. During the time we were apart, he had another girlfriend. I didn’t know about her. He and I maintained a “friends with benefits” ...