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- From: bbooth@x400gate.bnr.ca (Brad Booth)
- Newsgroups: alt.personals.ads
- Subject: Re: FUCK ALL YOU MARRIED DORKS!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.204549.9514@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:45:49 GMT
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- Reply-To: bbooth@x400gate.bnr.ca (Brad Booth)
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- Well, here I go again... FLAME ON!!!
-
- strickha@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Heath A. Strickland) writes:
- > It seems that all of these men writing and telling us all how good an open
- > relationship is are worse than the guy who posted in the first place.
-
- I don't think anyone has been "raving" about an open relationship... they
- just hate to see others close their minds to the fact that it exists.
-
- > Since I have posted what marriage should be I have received various flames
- > talking about my christian beliefs. Well, since 12th grade I have been
- > an athiest and my morals aren't so high.
-
- You may be athiest, but the society you live in Christian influenced.
- Take a look at your founding "fathers" and the laws of your country.
-
- > But I do remember dating this
- > girl...practically living with her. I loved her so much that I wanted to
- > marry her. Only problem is, I just could not promise her I could stay
- > loyal.
-
- The old Christian influence kicking in again.
-
- > Some of my open minded friends told me to tell her I would marry
- > her if we could have an open relationship. Only problem is I just
- > couldn't ask her to marry me and then in the same breath tell her "but I
- > am still gonna go on dating others."
-
- Why not? At least you would have been honest.
-
- > In effect telling her there will be
- > no difference between before and after.
-
- Why should there be a big difference? Everyone seems to think that once
- you get married that things should change... WHY??
-
- > Why do you think marriage is marriage?
-
- Obviously for different reasons than you think. We got married because
- we love and care for each other, and wish to grow old together. But that
- doesn't mean that we have to forsake the rest of the human race just
- because we're in love. Or maybe you feel that love is finite?
-
- > But to all of you open minded boys out there (who probably
- > aren't married and have open relationships to begin with),
-
- WRONG... we've been married for 3 years, together for 6, and had a open
- marriage for 2.
-
- > good luck with
- > your phony gold rings and glass diamonds and may a better man (which
- > wouldn't be hard to find) win your open minded wife(if she is truly open
- > minded like you tell all your late night sexual partners).
-
- You sound like you think that the male of the relationship is the only
- one who has lovers and that this is all male induced... grow up! My
- wife and I agreed on having an open marriage... she was the first to
- have another lover.
-
- You seem to have this distorted image of what an open marriage is.
- Most open marriages that I've witnessed have been a relationship
- in which both partners are open-minded, honest, loving, caring,
- equal, etc. This may seem like a pretty picture... but it's not
- for everyone, because there is a lot of other pressures. We
- feel it's worth it, that's why we live it.
-
- Follow-ups to alt.polyamory... where this should exist.
-
-
-
- o ) o/ | Brad Booth
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