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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:16 AM Original message |
Is Open Marriage the Modern Couple's Answer to Infidelity? (Sirens Mag., via AlterNet) |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:25 AM Response to Original message |
1. I've seen more fail than succeed |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:07 AM Response to Reply #1 |
9. I haven't |
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GreenPartyVoter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:26 AM Response to Original message |
2. It's not for me. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
3. I Truly Cannot Fathom This |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:10 PM Response to Reply #3 |
26. There is a lot in it for both people |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:49 AM Response to Reply #3 |
40. I can't understand it either. I mean, then why get married in the first place? nt |
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Arkansas Granny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:10 AM Response to Original message |
4. I have known a few couples who considered themselves to be in |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:23 AM Response to Original message |
5. My guess is most open marriages aren't that happy to begin with. |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:44 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. Some are...some aren't |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:42 AM Response to Original message |
6. I've known quite a few in this lifestyle |
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qazplm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 08:59 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. I'm not sure monogamy is "unnatural" |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:11 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. Perhaps monogamy is the wrong word |
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PixieDust (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:14 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. It can work with the right people |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:19 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. Poly is a different animal than open... |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:42 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. Kids want stability and normalcy....... |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:57 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Well polyamorous and long-term open marriage couples |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. I disagree, these parents can't be that committed to their own children... |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:33 PM Response to Reply #27 |
28. And maybe they don't |
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PixieDust (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 02:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. If someone is selfish enough |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. It Truly Sounds Like This Kind of Person Is Too Selfish To Have Children |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. why be married? |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 10:29 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Perhaps...but marriage is much more than sex |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 12:48 AM Response to Reply #36 |
37. you can do all that without being married |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:38 AM Response to Reply #37 |
39. Very, very true |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 09:08 AM Response to Original message |
10. I know a few open marriages |
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Paranoid Pessimist (432 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
14. I had one. It ended, but not for that reason |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 10:36 AM Response to Original message |
15. The Answer to Infidelity Is NOT MARRYING in the First Place |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:15 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. Marriage is so much more than just sex |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 04:58 PM Response to Reply #20 |
33. Why Not Just Call It Joint Tenants With Rights Of Survivorship |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. What distinction would that be |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 08:53 AM Response to Reply #20 |
41. Maybe for some people that's true, |
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Withywindle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 04:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
42. But the nature of the marriage vows is determined by the people who make them. |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. I read something in my mom's Cosmo about this when I was a kid in 70s, and was traumatized for life |
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Chalco (817 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
17. Barf |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:00 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. Why barf? |
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kimmylavin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
18. May work for some... |
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Darth_Kitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
21. That fact that most don't want to bring a single man into the equation..... |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:52 PM Response to Reply #21 |
24. Well the long-term couples don't have harems |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 07:20 PM Response to Reply #21 |
43. Noticed that too D_K |
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bedpanartist (915 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 01:36 PM Response to Original message |
22. ahh, a boobie sandwich, with me as the lunchmeat |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 03:06 PM Response to Original message |
30. I think a successful open marriage is rare |
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Stuckinthebush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-14-07 03:19 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. In that situation it wouldn't work |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-15-07 04:37 AM Response to Original message |
38. Works for us |
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Veronica.Franco (752 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-16-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. Honesty has to be the key ... |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 11:01 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. We got a few rules |
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Trillo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-17-07 10:32 AM Response to Original message |
45. Marriage finances are much like corporations. |
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