I didn’t really know much about relationships before… I learned everything gradually.
So, one day, I was talking with three of my classmates — they’re good people, very helpful and kind (except for the toppers, of course — they always have that bit of arrogance ).
Anyway, during our chat, one of them suddenly said, “Yeah, she was in a friends with benefits relationship.”
To me, the term didn’t sound strange at all — I just thought it meant being helpful friends, like in school. There were many people back then who’d remember me only when they needed something, get their work done, and then disappear. So I said, “Oh, I’ve also had a lot of friends with benefits relationships.”
And the way they looked at me… it felt like I had just asked them for a kidney!
At that exact moment, our teacher walked in, so the conversation ended there.
But their expressions made me wonder — Did I say something wrong?
My close friend wasn’t there that day — if she had been, she would’ve helped me out.
After class, they came to me and asked, “Were you really in a friends with benefits relationship? You don’t look like that type at all!”
I said, “Oh, come on! In school, people only remembered me when they needed something — after that I was invisible to them.”
After I said that, they all sighed in relief. Then they explained to me what friends with benefits actually means.
That’s when I realized… I still have a lot left to learn about the world.
P.S. I can never keep things to myself when something’s on my mind. This is an anonymous place — no one really knows anyone here… so I just ended up sharing all this nonsense here in the free time. Hehe
