Polyamory - the concept of being open to, or engaging in, multiple loving relationships (of whatever form or configuration) wherein all parties are informed and consenting to the arrangement.
Without trying to sound to "alpha male" here, I'm not a religious man, nor do I claim to be an expert on relationships; As all mine have ended, how do you say - "Like a train wreck"
However, I find the concept very intriguing. I think you can have multiple long lasting relationships in a scenario such as this. Hear me out.
We know because its open fact that something like half of all marrages in the US end in divorce. This is a tradgic statistic, broken homes, neglected kids, and pure animosity between former husband and wife which can be even more distracting for the kids, I guess, trying to figure out which side to take.
What I found with my last girlfriend is, the more time you spend next to a spouse, the more the little niggling facts that irritate you about them start to show. Working with my ex, same classes as my ex, and most weekends with her pretty much gave us as a couple no chance at all.
However, with a "polyamory relationship" you have to devote just as much time with your other partners. Which inturn, in my opinion makes you tend to appreciate the time more. Which in turn makes relationships stronger.
I'm sure there are plenty of people out there, that probably disagree with me. There are alot of things that can go wrong, jealously, rancor etc. But, I feel a mature enough groupe of people could make one last a very long time.
Thoughts?
EDIT: My poll broke, and edit wont let me fix it. Options were Yes, No, and Maybe
Without trying to sound to "alpha male" here, I'm not a religious man, nor do I claim to be an expert on relationships; As all mine have ended, how do you say - "Like a train wreck"
However, I find the concept very intriguing. I think you can have multiple long lasting relationships in a scenario such as this. Hear me out.
We know because its open fact that something like half of all marrages in the US end in divorce. This is a tradgic statistic, broken homes, neglected kids, and pure animosity between former husband and wife which can be even more distracting for the kids, I guess, trying to figure out which side to take.
What I found with my last girlfriend is, the more time you spend next to a spouse, the more the little niggling facts that irritate you about them start to show. Working with my ex, same classes as my ex, and most weekends with her pretty much gave us as a couple no chance at all.
However, with a "polyamory relationship" you have to devote just as much time with your other partners. Which inturn, in my opinion makes you tend to appreciate the time more. Which in turn makes relationships stronger.
I'm sure there are plenty of people out there, that probably disagree with me. There are alot of things that can go wrong, jealously, rancor etc. But, I feel a mature enough groupe of people could make one last a very long time.
Thoughts?
EDIT: My poll broke, and edit wont let me fix it. Options were Yes, No, and Maybe