What is the purpose of an open relationship/marriage?
Why not just stay single and do what you’re doing or just have friends with benefits?
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Northwest · M
Marriage offer a better match to laws, and society. Banking, kids, medical treatment, schools, etc.
You can re-create all of that, legally, but that only depends on where you're from (in some countries, it may not be possible), but this would be a continuous task, that is financially and emotionally taxing.
A marriage, is a one-stop shop that can handle all this in the background.
Sex is only one aspect of the relationship, and for some, it's possible to separate it out, allowing them to have sex with multiple people, without breaking or threatening the bonds that make up their relationship.
This, however, is true, of both parties want it, and the feelings remains, throughout the relationship. It can also have tragic consequences. My former assistant, was in an open marriage, but it turned, based on trial testimony, it was more about what her husband wanted. It took multiple trials to convict him of murder, after she disappeared, and the motive was jealousy, because she was getting involved with another man, and was thinking about leaving him. Her body was never found, and no physical evidence was ever found. He's now serving a life sentence.
You can re-create all of that, legally, but that only depends on where you're from (in some countries, it may not be possible), but this would be a continuous task, that is financially and emotionally taxing.
A marriage, is a one-stop shop that can handle all this in the background.
Sex is only one aspect of the relationship, and for some, it's possible to separate it out, allowing them to have sex with multiple people, without breaking or threatening the bonds that make up their relationship.
This, however, is true, of both parties want it, and the feelings remains, throughout the relationship. It can also have tragic consequences. My former assistant, was in an open marriage, but it turned, based on trial testimony, it was more about what her husband wanted. It took multiple trials to convict him of murder, after she disappeared, and the motive was jealousy, because she was getting involved with another man, and was thinking about leaving him. Her body was never found, and no physical evidence was ever found. He's now serving a life sentence.