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“If it were me, would you?” I asked. He reached out and touched me; it felt like an electric current, and we immediately became entangled. That night, I accidentally slept with a friend I’d known for years. Research indicates that friendship is inherently linked to sex. However, when friendship crosses boundaries, how should you deal with it? Let us guide you step by step!
Text by Womany Irene Lei
When we talk about “seasickness,” we might first think of casual sex or one-night stands. But sometimes, even when you’ve known a friend for years, there can be moments when you suddenly feel attracted to each other, and in the heat of passion, things can ignite and lead to an unexpected sexual encounter.
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S and T have been friends for over a decade, and both have had several relationships. They occasionally meet up to chat, discussing current events and gossip, and they know who each other is with and who each other has broken up with. They talk about unimportant trivialities, but also delve into their innermost thoughts.
“We are very good friends.” S has always believed this, and she thinks T should feel the same way.
One evening, S went to T’s rented apartment. Having not seen each other for a long time, they started talking non-stop. T, who had just become single again, talked about his relationship with his ex-girlfriend; S also shared some of her thoughts. They discovered that they had experienced and been in similar romantic relationships.
They chatted about sex in a rambling way, and S realized that it had been a long time since she had slept with anyone.
Looking at T’s flushed cheeks from the alcohol, S suddenly found him kind of cute. “Hey, me, can you?” Taking advantage of her drunken state, S didn’t know where she got the courage to ask this question—anyway, if he couldn’t, she could just pretend she was too drunk the next day, she thought.
An awkward silence fell as T stared at S. Just as S was about to pretend it was a joke, T suddenly reached out and touched S’s face. The moment their skin touched, it was as if a switch had been flipped; desire made them temporarily forget their friendship, and they had sex.
“Do you regret it?” I asked S after hearing her story. S shook her head and said they were both happy at the time, “but later, I didn’t quite know how to get along with him.”
When friendship crosses boundaries, can they still be good friends? Will their relationship change as a result? What should you do if you find yourself becoming infatuated with a friend?
Relationship Psychology: Friendship and Sex
Psychology Today points out that Dr. Don O’Meara presented a study in Sex Roles that illustrates the obstacles that may arise in platonic friendships between opposite sexes, one of which is “sex”.
“You’re trying to do something friends would do, but the ‘opposite-sex’ elements in you and the other person are holding you back.”— Don O’Meara, Ph.D.
According to a survey published in the Journal of Social and Personal Relationships , respondents were asked what they liked and disliked about opposite-sex friendships. Among the respondents, women cited anxiety about sex as the most common reason for their dislike of opposite-sex friendships; however, many men answered that sexual attraction was one of the main reasons for forming friendships with women, and could even deepen the relationship.
However, the article also mentions that “sex” is certainly not the whole story of friendship.
Even if there is sexual attraction between you two, it doesn’t necessarily mean you’re suited to be in a romantic relationship.
Dr. Walid Afifi from Penn State University conducted a related study on a group of college students. Of the more than 300 students surveyed, 67% had had sexual relations with friends. Notably, 56% of these individuals did not develop a romantic relationship with their partners after the sexual encounter.
Sex exists not only in romantic love, but also in friendship. Here, “sex” refers not only to sexual intercourse, but also to the flow of desire.
It’s not a big deal if a friendship inadvertently crosses the line, touching on sexual boundaries. What’s more important is whether you’ve found a comfortable and suitable place for each other in the relationship.
How do you go back to “pure friendship” after sleeping together?
Returning to S’s story, they still kept in touch, but something always felt off; they weren’t as comfortable with each other as before. What they initially thought were just friendly interactions became suspicious after their relationship began, with both fearing they might do something that would cause misunderstandings.
My body remembers that we once slept in each other’s arms.Xu Peifen, *Nocturnal Animals*
After sleeping with a friend, how should you deal with the relationship? Actually, you can try to understand yourself first, and then explain it to the other person. Regarding relationships, psychiatrist Deng Huiwen says, “Instead of thinking about what’s wrong with others, you should be more curious about what’s wrong with me.”
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Here, we provide you with some directions and steps:
- Clarify your own thoughts and feelings: Before dealing with matters between two people, you need to resolve your own issues first. Think about it: Do you still consider the other person just a friend? Do you want to enter into a romantic relationship with them? Or do you feel you can simply be sexual partners without love?
- Discuss it with the other person: As friends, you should be able to communicate. You can discuss what happened that day, what you were thinking, and how you want to handle the situation. For example, you might plan to pretend nothing happened, erase the memory, and never bring it up again; or you might be quite easygoing and think it’s just a one-time encounter; or you might plan to add a sexual element to this friendship, becoming friends who can have sex from now on.
You two need to be honest with each other and find common ground. Regardless of how you decide to get along or what kind of friends you become, the most important thing is to respect and understand each other and find a relationship and pattern that is comfortable and natural for both of you.
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