I read an interesting article the other day about a lesbian couple who have been together for 7 years, they decided to open the relationship and bring other lovers into their relationship, it has made me think.
How does one have an open relationship? how do people swing?
We are taught by society and our parents that this is wrong, that there are other implications, what about emotions, loyalty and jealousy? Do humans have the capacity to love or be intimate with more than one person the sexual desires aside?
I wonder whether its fear of our emotions that stops us from these kind of relationships, or perhaps its selfishness, of course there is the worry in this day and age of STD's and aids.
Some opinions say that sometimes the balance of power is unequal in a relationship. It is your responsibility to yourself to move the gauge in a more advantageous direction.
do couples in long-term relationships that explore this as an alternative to separation?
I have heard that the relationships that last the longest are the ones that "never make promises." is this true?
What is the difference between and "NSA" relationship and an "Open relationship":
A “NSA” relationship infers that there is little to no feelings attached to whatever physical activities the two are engaged in. Meaning that there is absolutely no emotional or physical intimacy shared between the two, even if the two are occasionally naked together.
However, an open relationship implies the possibility there are feelings of attachment, caring and perhaps even a little or a lot of intimacy shared between the two. However they recognize that at this time, a closed, committed relationship would be doomed. So instead of throwing the baby out with the bath water, they agree to an open relationship.
Shouldn't this work?
