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What are your thoughts on open relationships? (Page 2)
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It's bullshit. In he first place, why even be in a relationship if all you want you want to have a free ticket to also be emotionally and physically (i. e. sex) invested on around with other people aside from you partner? aren't you afraid of STD, and bringing that home to your partner?
It's not a "free ticket", There are rules in these relationships. Also the parties are usually careful about what they're doing, not just blindly sleeping unprotected with every person that walks by
Still. Why be in a rel if you want to hook up or have sex with someone else? Is it just for the thrill of it, having to taste others while your emotional need are satisfied on being still in an "open" rel? Or if you say you are into polygamy, then this cahnges the sub, as this won't be considered as an open rel. Rel requires emotional and physical commitment, looking for satisfaction these aspects, specially on physical (sex just bec) is like having to cheat but with consent.
And oh really now, they are "careful" of ehat they are doing. Seriously, there are so called accidental pregnancies no matter how "careful" you are. Ok maybe you take the pill, etc. But, how can you be sure that he uses condoms everytime he hooks up? Then he sleeps with you afterwards. How can you be sure he didn't get any from the others he hooks up with?
If you can assume that she shouldn't trust that he wore a condom with the other girl then how come you assume that the person in monogamous relationship isn't cheating
Nice, and your answer to that is to basically ask the consent of your partner to hook up with other people, up front. So you wouldn't be charged of cheating. Hence, free ticket.
No what I said is if you can't trust a person not to do something as simple as wearing a condom then how are you going to trust them not to cheat in a monogamous relationship. People are capable of connecting with or even loving more than one person and that doesn't make them a cheater.
Even wierder to have rules. So have to use condoms with all the many other people? 1. Condoms make sex dull, 2. Condoms can split or come off 3. Can still pass around crabs. The whole idea of open is just for immature slags who havnt got the ability or skills to make a single relationship fulfilling.
To each their own. I personally don't like it. What's the point of being committed if you fuck other people?
Pain in the ass. I tend to find it just magnifies drama if you have at least one of them with a twinge of insecurity. Way too much to deal with for me.
To each their own, If that makes you happy and doesn't hurt your partner/s , but it's definitely not my cup of tea
I would never do such a thing to myself, but if all the people involved are 100% okay with it I don't see how it could be wrong.
I feel like if you want to or feel the need to be with anyone other than me, then you clearly don't really love me. I personally can't have any sort of feelings for more than one person at a time so I would never even consider it
Why bother having a relationship if you are going to hook up with random people?
"To each their own"... but I personally think it's absolutely fucked up.
i couldn't do it for a few reasons. but i have no problem with other people doing it if that works for them
It's actually really pleasant but the thing is the consequences are dramatic soooo.. Is it worth the cost?
The question was a open relationship, not cheating.
There's a difference.
So I do wonder what costs you're referring to.
Open relationships can cause jealousy and resentment for some
I’m going to have to go with No one should try it... it can have affects on later terms around them and others...
Its for immature slags & man slags & it spreads STD's. Plus risks totally irresponsible childbirth. The poor baby will not even know who its father is.
i would happily try it myself but i doubt I'd enjoy it, i get jealous, however it clearly works for some people so long as everything is consensual, you do you boo.
I don’t like open relationships so I’m not in one. To each their own
I think it’s good for people who are not ready for a monogamous relationship.
Works great for some. Might not work at all for others.
Not my thing and I am completely uninterested. And it sounds like a mistake, but let people do what they want to do.
Everyone should try it or to each their own, or at least be more "open" to the idea I mean. I think sexual monogamy isn't particularly natural in terms of biology, especially for guys.
not into it you're either with me or not i dont play games
What do women need average guys for if they can be in a polygamous relationship with someone rich.
What do average guys need to work at holding society up for if all the women are taken by the rich.
Open relationships and polygamy are not the same thing by definition. Also it doesn't necessarily take a lot of money to be in an open relationship.