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- From: mr55371@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (KittyKat)
- Subject: Re: What is marriage? (was Re: FUCK ALL YOU MARIED DORKS!)
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 17:28:15 GMT
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- shulick@cineret.ucs.indiana.edu (Sam Hulick) writes:
-
- >In article <C1FxBv.L2J@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, mr55371@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (KittyKat) says most sayishly:
- >>I think that you can respect and honor your partner and still engage in
- >>sexual relationships outside your marriage. Trust, love, respect,
- >>communication, etc can still be present in an open marriage (even more so
- >>in some cases because there are often more which has to be talked out and
- >>agreed upon). I don't think that polyamorous relationships are right for
- >>everyone, but I do believe they are quite possible and can be just as
- >>successful and satisfying as monogamous ones. I think generalizing
- >>about something you really know nothing about is pretty damn asinine.
-
- >Oh, but I DO know about it. I used to be in a polyamorous relationship.
- >Well, I committed myself, but she didn't. She slept around, etc. (god
- >knows why I got involved w/ her..).
-
- That is *not* a polyamorous relationship. When one partner "cheats" on
- the other, or the decision to make the relationship open is not mutual,
- it's not polyamory, it's doomed.
-
- >But trust her? Nahh.. how could I
- >when she was sharing other people's beds?
-
- Question: can you really believe you were in a mature, adult relationship
- when there was no trust? Trust, IMO, is one of the most important
- factors in a relationship.
-
- I don't think it matters how many other people your SO/spouse/whatever
- sleeps with as long as he/she acts in accordance with whatever guidelines/
- rules are set ahead of time. Trust and respect for the other person(s)
- are independent of what sort of relationship you decide upon, and are
- necessary for a successful one of any sort.
-
- >So I DO know about, but true,
- >some people can handle it, some can't.
-
- That's all I was trying to say. I don't think generalizations about
- people in open relationships being "weak" or something along those lines
- are fair or accurate.
-
- KittyKat
-