Polygamy/monogamy

Discussion in 'Sex, Love & Relationships' started by swishershweet, Jul 3, 2015.

  1. I was curious if anyone has been in a healthy relationship where one partner was monogamous and the other was openly a polygamist. And if so a lil detail pls.
     

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  2. I had like 6 cats for a while. I think you actually feel lonelier when you have too many.
     
  3. Do you mean polygamy or polyamory? The two are a little different.


    Polygamy is plural marriage, and implies that one individual is married to a number of others, who only have one spouse. Typically, this arrangement is one man with many wives. Polyandry is the same, but with one woman who has many husbands, and is more rare, however not unheard of.


    Polyamory is a similar idea, however marriage isn't necessarily involved. The concept is that love is endless, and exercising that love outside of a dyad can actually serve to strengthen that bond. The actual ways that polyamorous relationships can appear are many and varied. You can have one primary couple where each individual is allowed to have additional relationships outside of the primary couple, you can have relationships where a number of people are all romantically involved with each other at once, etc.


    I have no personal experience with the exact situation you're describing, where one person is monogamous to someone who is allowed to love outside of that couple. Personally, I would want everyone to have the same kind of freedom within the relationship, but polyamorous relationships can take many forms and as long as it's consensual that's the main thing that matters.


    I'm in an open relationship currently, where we can both find sex outside of the relationship, but not romance. Romance is to be kept between the two of us, however we've discussed being polyamorous in an abstract way and would both be open to it.


    Sorry for the essay, hope that answers your question.

     
  4. I'm a descendant of Polygamy. Does that count?
     
  5. I can't imagine being in a polyamorous relationship.

    That shit ain't for me.
     
  6. I'm monogamous and was in a polyamorous relationship. It only works until real feelings become involved. When I fall that deeply in love with someone, I've found that I cannot share them, and honestly, I don't want them to be okay with sharing me. It's too hard. I've heard there are successful relationships where one person is monogamous and the other is poly, but I have to wonder what the true dynamics of their feelings are. Or maybe they're just better at it than I am.
     
  7. #7 alias2002, Jul 4, 2015
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    I want to know about the 2 polygamy vs monogamy.
     
  8. It would never work one person doesn't cheat and the other fucks whoever they want, ya I just don't see that working out lol.
     
  9. I played Monopoly in a Holiday Inn Express once.
     

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