Can best friends be sex friends?
Well, I didn't ask the question. In fact, it's the tagline in Ashton Kutcher and Natalie Portman's upcoming movie, "No Strings Attached." While I, like any other chick flick moviegoer, got sucked in from the preview, let's be real. We know how the story ends: best friends turned eff buddies turned soulmates.
Let's rewind to my Thanksgiving break when I saw Love and Other Drugs with my sister. Now, the plot in this movie is a little different because Anne Hathaway's character is basically dying (sorry, I didn't know how to put that more eloquently) so there's this big elephant in the room everytime these virtual strangers dance horizontally. Elephant aside, the plot is the same except it's virtual strangers turned eff buddies turned soulmates.
I loved Love and Other Drugs and I have no doubt I'll enjoy No Strings Attached. The random hookup or eff buddies or whatever you like to call it has made a name for itself on the big screen and as someone who may or may not engage in such antics myself, I am proud.
Of course there's a but.
My hope is that women who see these movies know that in real life, the plot goes something like this: friends or strangers turned eff buddies turned...the end. Somewhere on the planet, there is a married couple who were once just sex comrades proving me completely wrong. But, in about a million other places on the planet, there are two college kids having really great sex right now and in a month or two or five, they will still (possibly) just be having really great sex.
So, what's my point? These movies are fantasy for adults (that sounds like a euphemism for pornography. oops.) Anyway, the endings of these movies are the exception to the rule and while there's a .0006% chance that your best (guy) friend will become your sex friend and then your soulmate, don't bet on it. Doesn't mean don't do it. Just means don't bet on it.
Love freely,
tY
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