'Friends' and 'fucks' have their advantages and disadvantages. Making intentions clear from the beginning or not creating false expectations are two keys to not being left with the bitter side of a casual relationship.

The figure of the lover or the friend with benefits would no longer be enough for a literary epic, they do not amount to that much. In some cases they are enough to generate anxiety, distrust and even hatred towards the opposite sex (in the case of heteros) and the occasional consultation with a psychologist or sexologist, to try to understand what happened and not repeat it. The problem is not in this type of relationships, which are not as good as the others, but in the people and their problems, says Gloria Arancibia, a psychologist and sexologist with a consultation in Madrid. It is the case that many of those who embark on this kind of relationship see it as a sign of tolerance and modernity (this is not the case for our student Armando)