Following up on the last post, here’s five tips for landing a fuck buddy, no strings, no hassles, no worries. If you’re reading this, you’ve probably given this some thought before now, but haven’t quite figured out how to pull it off. Lady Luck is here to help.

1. Don’t proposition a best friend.

This will only end in disaster. Your friend could be the most laid back person since Ghandi got stoned, but this one will only come back on you, and linger like a bad smell. Close friends are too tied into your close circle, meaning that other people will know and be involved. If it doesn’t work out, you get the knock back or they turn into a bunny boiler, you’re ultimely stuck seeing this person at social occasions for the rest of your life. Or for at least 7 years – these things are like a bad debt. The only option would be to move, ditch all your friends and start again. And lets face it, if you’re looking for a fuck buddy, you’re not the kind of person who wants to invest a massive amount of time in building relationships, let alone starting a new set of friends from scratch. So best friends – no.

2. Do proposition a friend of  friend.

Okay so this is good because you safeguard against lot of the potential pitfalls outlined above. If it all goes pear shaped, and you need to cut them loose. No harm done. You’ll have left the weirdness in someone else’s social circle – out of sight, out of mind. The benefit also to this is that there’s a lot of unknown territory between you, giving some mystery and excitement to the relationship, plus not being too close makes it harder for a previously close bond to tip over into full blown love. (I’d like to point out here that there is nothing wrong with that, quite to contrary, but this is about a fuck buddy relationship, not finding the one).

3. Keep it simple, stupid.

As a good friend pointed out to me recently, one of the great rules to apply in life is K.I.S.S. – no not the make up adorned strutting rock madness of yore – just keep it simple stupid. And this rule applies here. Don’t overcomplicate the situation, you need to forget any dating rituals or build up that you may have applied to getting laid previously. Be straight to the point, keep the nature of the relationship clear and you’ll both be a lot happier about where you stand. If you do wheel out your time honoured – it’s never failed me yet – courting techniques, then you’re pretty much just leading someone on, and that would make you a not very nice person. Refer to point 1 for ditching your friends if this occurs.

4. Choose someone who you know shares your view on life.

This is important. You’ll know straight away if you have this bond with someone. Everytime you meet it’s relaxed, no hassles, no expectations of each other. You know where you stand and so do they. They wouldn’t be offended if you didn’t call or see them for awhile, in fact you probably don’t even know their number. This person may be your fuck buddy.

5. Sealing the deal

So now you’ve probably a good indication of who you think will make the perfect friend with benefits. What now? You need to play your hand and lay your cards on the table. Make them an offer they can’t refuse. How exactly you go about this depends on who you are, and who the person you have in mind is. But whatever the situation, you’re going to need to find a way to get them on their own, in a relaxing situation, where they think you are the funniest thing since sliced bread and the best thing since stand up comedy. Or the other way round. However you choose do it, don’t, and I mean don’t, unless you’re a girl propositioning a guy, ask them outright to be your fuck buddy. You might as well just call them a slag and spit in their mother’s face. It won’t go down well.

So for the brave amongst you, go forth and and try your luck, and let us know how you get on.

For the rest of you who have got this far, but can feel the butterflies in your stomach already, try the easier option, and check out Lady Luck’s – where you won’t need to set up a plan worthy of Churchill just to get laid. In fact you won’t need to set up a plan at all, the fuck buddy will come to you.

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Good luck!