Why have a relationship when you sleep with other people. It just doesn't make sense to me.
If you aren't in a good place/don't trust your BF/Whatever then it definitely doesn't work because it just mean that it's two guys not breaking up just because they are scared if they do. However, if you do trust your significant other, an open relationship makes the bond stronger, in my opinion, it shows that you are completely honest with your partner and as long as both sides do list all the people they are with to each other it makes your bond more intimate (because you don't let physical/sex stuff with others get in the way of your mutual emotions).
I used to be so against them, but now I'm okay with them within reason.
For instance, I'm not getting involved with someone who wants to have a relationship and bang every hot thing that walks by - but I don't necessarily feel like the occasional dalliance is unforgivable.
At the same time, when I'm in a relationship, I am 100% preoccupied with that person and I am understanding but I still have a jealousy streak a mile wide. So I'm not sure how well it would work out - but I'd never completely throw it off the table.
It's not simply sex
It's an open relationship, not an excuse for sex.
If you actually do some research, most people engage in an open relationship without even realizing. When you're with someone and you go on a "break" you're effectively having an open relationship, since you intend to get back together with them, you just need time apart.
When people think Open Relationship, they think of it being "allowed cheating" and it's so much more complicated than that.
It's so cringey when people think it's just for sex.
Loling at this. Youre either in a monogamous relationship or not. Youre either sleeping with other people or not. Look at all the open relationships on grindr etc, it all comes down to sex.
im fine with it in a latter stage of marriage. Like, if you're married to this guy for 10 years or so I think it's safe to say the relationship's stable and you can check out other people without your partner getting upset.
different strokes for different folks. i personally would never because id be too jealous. thered be a fear that our 3rd might end up captivating my man and they shut me out. lol
Yeah I don't understand the point, I would never judge anyone who is in one, but like why not just be friends with benefits? I struggle to understand the part where you like love that one person but want to **** someone else when you get bored of them/when you want something 'different'. If I got bored of someone or wanted something different I would simply break up. When I care about someone it's either them or no one else.
A guy I had sex with once told me he was in an open long distance relationship after we did it and I honestly felt like **** like I just kept thinking about his supposed boyfriend it made me feel like such a bad person.
