I think so. I've had a few "friends with benefits" and it can be a good situation as long as everyone involved understands what it does and does not mean. If you go into it thinking that it's just a friends with benefits thing and the other person thinks okay, you're now boyfriend and girlfriend, it can get very, very messy. Trust me! That happened the first time I had sex with a friend, who I considered just a friend and not a boyfriend...and it took a long time to rebuild the friendship. Ever since I've made sure that we were BOTH clear on what the status of things were before the clothes came off and everything worked out fine.
