Hey Guys! Guess what? Benedict Carey, intrepid New York Times science writer, has unearthed an amazing new study about this new type of interpersonal relationship the young people are calling "Friends with Benefits." At first, he thought it was the title to the DVD box set of the popular 90s sitcom, but no! The term actually refers to S-E-X. Kids today, huh? With their fancy lingo. Am I right? Anyway, a group of "researchers" at Michigan State blew the lid of the whole messy business, finding that:
"relationships in which close friends begin having sex come with their own brand of awkwardness, according to the first study to explore the dynamics of such pairs, often called friends with benefits, or F.W.B."
Who says the Big Ten is just about football? More importantly, who knew they don't get reruns of The Ricki Lake, because I'm pretty sure she handled this pretty thoroughly during the Fall of '98. Benedict even digs up some Arizona State "researcher" to give a shout out to his boys at MSU
"One of the most interesting things I get from it . . . is this sense that people in these relationships are afraid to develop feelings for the other person, because those feelings might be unreciprocated.”
HAHAHA!!! This is FANTASTIC! I honestly think this might be more significant than the discovery of a mathmatical formula to determine the existence and relative influence of beergoggling. Why didn't we think to apply for federal research grants in college. But, for real, do you think The Onion has hacked nytimes.com? Oh, and for
