[COLUMN] COMMON SENSUAL:
Can You Really be 'Friends with Benefits?'

Is sex between friends a good idea, or is it asking for trouble?

escape the problems that always seem to crop up without fail. (Ask anyone who’s been through it.)

Is sex between friends a good idea, or is it asking for trouble? Sound off!

Miles Marshall Lewis is the Harlem-based author of Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don’t Have Bruises, There’s a Riot Goin’ On and Irrésistible. Lewis is a former editor at Vibe, XXL and BET.com. Follow MML on Twitter at @furthermucker, and visit his personal blog, Furthermucker.