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Who do some couple even agree to be in open relationship?

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Goralski · 56-60, M

Stupidity

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xCoinx · 31-35, M

So its mainly mostly about sex.

JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F

@xCoinx: you are a lovely person ..I say that with the utmost sarcasm.

JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F

So glad the real stupidity is shining through.

BondGirl84 · 36-40, F

works for some people not for others. Unlike the comments below, i don't think its stupid. As long as the couple are honest about it & are safe with it, i don't see the issue. Its the couple's decision - not anyone else!

SW-User

It's not for me, but I try not to judge. If both sides are happy with it... then good for them.

Jazzyloves13 · 31-35, F

Because they don't want to feel trapped, they want to be able to do things with other people and not have to be reduced to cheating for it.

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VioletRayne · 36-40, F

There's nothing selfish about that. I feel people are greedy. I don't even want anyone else when I'm in love. I don't look elsewhere. People confuse caring with love. I think the Greeks had it right to separate and define love. We shouldn't have one blanket word. Just because you care for someone and find them sexually attractive doesn't mean you love them. Agape love requires a sacrifice. If you don't want to give up all others for that person then you don't love them. If you loved them you would be so focused on their desires and happiness that you wouldn't have time to even look elsewhere. The beauty of it all comes in when they are similarly focused on you. @Alien-Zipper:

AlienZipper · 61-69, M

Exactly.. well said... thank you...

Neelaveni · 31-35, F

@VioletRayne: Beautifully put. Best comment of the thread but sadly buried in the third segment.

Byeimoff

Because they're incapable of feeling love 😂😂

VioletRayne · 36-40, F

Thats what I think too or the live they feel is more friendly than it is romantic. I feel a polyamorous relationship is settling because they couldn't find someone who could be faithful

Byeimoff

It's like a permanent fuck buddie!!

Rokasu · 36-40, M

The world isn't just black and white.

Starlight016 · 36-40, F

In my culture, it is clearly super white and deep black :)

SW-User

it works for them

CoffeeFirst · 56-60, F

There are many reasons that couples decide this. Sometimes the reasons are honorable and sometimes they are shaky. Without honest communication, it will not work in the long term. If I am on the outside looking in, I do not judge another's situation because I don't know their motivations and history. --DW

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CoffeeFirst · 56-60, F

Intimacy (this is different from sexual). Emotional. Sexual variety that their partner is not able to give. Don't underestimate the importance of sex in a LTR, even if everything else is wonderful.

xCoinx · 31-35, M

No but can you give me an example of an intimacy need that is not sexual that would require the need for an Open Relationship.

CoffeeFirst · 56-60, F

I don't think we are getting anywhere with this, sorry.

olderguy2016 · 70-79, M

since you post such a ludicrous question

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Neelaveni · 31-35, F

@Kuronekko: Shaming tactics slides off me like water.😌 Why are you still bitter though? 🤔

SW-User

@Neelaveni: good for you, that'll be why you are so rude.

Neelaveni · 31-35, F

@Kuronekko: Oh I was a meanie eh? 😖. Apply band-aid over burnt area and get over it. At least give a shot. Duh

jim44444 · 70-79, M

Because they have honestly approached their relationship and their needs. They do not limit their personal joy or the partners joy based on the false idea of monogamy. They bind themselves to each other by allowing freedom to choose. They have cast off the chains of patriarchy and ownership and have grasped the reins of love and pleasure.

xCoinx · 31-35, M

Jesus someone get John Lennon here a notebook he needs to but this all down into a song.

AlienZipper · 61-69, M

Maybe they're just really bored....

AlienZipper · 61-69, M

@xCoinx: LoL....

Pherick · 41-45, M

Yea, I am not sure I could do it, but as along as everyone is communicating and it works. More power to them!

Franky · 46-50, M

A lot of people don't... They have a 'closed' relationship with a secret 'open' side...

SW-User

I never understood it.. 😮

Primnproper · 56-60, F

I have no idea...who defines what a relationship is but the people in it..

olderguy2016 · 70-79, M

a wrong concept only good for discussion

JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F

What other people do in their relationships is based soley on how things work for them. No for me to judge others decisions and not for them to judge mine. People need to learn that not everyone works in the same ways.

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xCoinx · 31-35, M

@JaggedLittlePill: Right wrong what do these things matter in the real world.
What makes x right and y wrong? All that matters is how the person sees it.

JaggedLittlePill · 46-50, F

@xCoinx: i just happen to not bother worrying about what other people do in their own relationships. You seem to care too much and like to make generalizations and follow the sterotypical idealisms.