This is an email a friend of mine got from a guy online recently that she had been corresponding with but had not yet met in person.
Hi Lisa,
There was a concept I heard of a few years ago, but I thought it was kind of lame. But the more I think about it, the more I kind of like it. And I really like the thought of it with you. I don't know if you have ever heard the term "friends with benefits," but it basically means a man and a woman who are friends that are not pursuing a romantic relationship with each other, but they get together to do things as friends and also have a physically intimate relationship. They are both still looking for their "perfect match" (if there is such a thing), with someone else and actively dating others, but it's just kind of nice to have that unique friend that you can be intimate with from time to time as well. Once either of us gets into an "exclusive" and serious dating scenario with someone else, we could cease the "benefits" out of respect.
Anyway, if you are at all intrigued by this possibility, I'd like to make the offer for you jo Join me in Orlando, Florida, April 17-19. I'm pretty sure I'm being sent down to watch the last space shuttle launch and a day of VIP briefings before the launch. The military will pay me and send me on travel orders, so it's all expenses paid. I would really like you to consider this, since it's a once-in-a-lifetime historical event. Although I don't think you can attend the briefings with me, I think you can attend the launch with me. I'll know more by next week. And you're always welcome to bring your 2 year old daughter.
Anyway, I'm glad we're still communicating, and I hope you might be interested in this idea. Neither you nor I are the type to sleep around, but we both also enjoy and miss physical intimacy. I know I would rather look forward to seeing you and still doing fun things once in a while rather than being celibate for months at a time while looking for a qualified match. And if we both agreed, neither one of us is selfishly using the other one (like people on one-night-stands do). Anyway, let me know if you think that's a toally lame idea or if you kind of like it. I know you will be straight with me.
AL
