When a person (usually a female) accepts a dinner "date" from another person (usually a male) only to get a free meal. Often times the person paying for the meal feels like it is a real date, but really its just a friendship meal and the accepting person "only wants to be friends".
Sally accepted a friendship meal from Frank...
Poor Frank thought it was a real date, but Sally was just looking for a free meal and she only wants to be friends!
A slightly tamer version of the secular term, Friends with Christian Benefits (FWCB) tend to be two friends who are
- not in a relationship with one another for spiritual reasons, despite a mutual attraction, and are not acting on this attraction;
and/or
- attracted to one another and, without being in a formal relationship, are acting on this attraction; but whose acting is limited to kissing. These FWBC may be conducted in secret.
Note: these two examples are not mutually exclusive, and such a couple can often swing between the two from time to time.
"Hey, are James and Hannah together?"
"It's complicated...I think they're FWCB."
"They're what?"
"You know...Friends with Christian Benefits."