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Adult and Casual Dating

Whether you are in a casual relationship and want to move it forward, are looking for an intimate encounter or want to know the etiquette and rules involved with having a 'buddy', your questions will be answered here.
What Is Casual Dating?
Casual dating defined, with examples.
What Is Friends With Benefits?
Defining the term friends with benefits.
Can Casual Sex Turn Into A Relationship?
A reader wants to know if they can move casual dating into something more.
Women Seeking More Casual Relationships
A recent study has found that women are looking for casual dating relationships much more than in the past.
Coworker Friends With Benefits
A reader wants to know if she's asking to get her heart broken by pursuing a friends with benefits relationship with a guy who has a live in girlfriend.
How To Move from Casual to Serious
A Q&A column from Josey Vogels regarding how one can move a relationship from something casual to more permanent.
One Night Only
A personal essay explaining why the female writer prefers one night stands to relationships.
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