Why are "friends with benefits" so common now-a-days?

It seems like every other question here is talking about a friend with benefits, hopefully asking if they're catching feelings... why do so many people settle for that kind of empty relationship when it's clear that they want more? Why waste your time; why share something so intimate with someone who you don't have a true connection with, who you have no intention of being with long term?

Maybe there's something I'm missing? I've never seen the appeal of casual sex. I lost my virginity at 18 to my first serious boyfriend and we're still happily together. As a teenager I had no inclination towards promiscuity, maybe it would be different now that I'm a sexually active adult but I don't have to worry about it at the moment because my boyfriend and I have a great sex life.

So, what's the appeal?
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The answers are so depressing. Nothing is sacred any more.
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  • Humanity are more egoistic than before. They care just for them self

  • casual sex is on now a days for that friends with benefits is best.

  • I wish friends with benefits were more prevalent

  • We are forgetting our social, moral, religious and ethical boundaries. we just want to please ourselves and don't care about values and ethics anymore, we just give a damn. !!

  • It's the legacy of feminism.

  • Because cock tarts are common.