Topic: Open Relationships (marriage)
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Mon 04/27/09 10:53 AM
I would like some opinions on the subject

007Bistromath's photo
Mon 04/27/09 01:54 PM
It's the only thing I could ever be in. Not so much because of the sex, although I do enjoy that part of it. What bothers me more is the idea of "emotional fidelity." My friends, especially those I have the opportunity to become intimate with, are very important to me. The concept of any one of them being more or less important doesn't really apply. Lemonade requires lemons, sugar, and water, and isn't lemonade if any one of them is missing. That is how the people I choose are important to me. Asking me to sever a relationship with somebody seems cruel and selfish from my perspective.

I can, to a certain extent, understand how monogamy works for others. Open relationships aren't for everybody, but I'm certain they're for me. If somebody ever asked me to choose between them and another person, I would always choose against them, because they don't understand me well enough for me to stay in a relationship with them.

Foliel's photo
Mon 04/27/09 11:17 PM
I don't agree with open relationships esp in a marriage. When i'm in a relationship i am only with that person. I figure if my bf needs to be with other people then he doesnt need to be with me. I would have to leave him. I'm all for having friends but when those friends become bed friends it's time for me to leave.