Opinions on Open Relationships

Open relationships are terrible. I'm not going to force my will onto anyone who wishes to have them, but you're making a mistake or you're not actually attempting a relationship.

Nope. Can't do open relationships. I'm 'possessive' as fuck. I don't really like guys interacting with my girlfriend at most times since they try to engage with sexual stuff and get a little 'touchy'. Sadly, can't do much about the online ones but scaring the shit out of them. If other people do it, good for them. That shit ain't for me.

Well in my honest opinion, Open Relationships can work. However, they must be between people who actually want one. For instance, for me, It'd be hellish, It'd just be a glorified friends with benefits to me. However I can understand the appeal, to sleep with anyone you wanted at any time. Alot of guys/girls want it. However it's all about trust in the end with any relationship, and anyone who has a 'hidden' open relationship is just cheating for sure. Again, I'm too possessive for one, It's goes against my instincts. Plus I don't see sex as just a way to get off either. Finally, when I care/love someone I just love them, I can't just go love someone else as well. It'd take away some of the emotions for the other person. Ulfric- Being Bi doesn't make you Poly bro. It just means you find both sexes attractive. And while if you're okay with it completely, it doesn't matter. The way they seemed to say it, feels very manipulative. I mean, look at it this way, A guy sleeps with two women, His current gf, and his ex. Now, His ex gives amazing head, while the present girl doesn't do it at all, but does some things the ex won't do. Just because they both give him different kinds of pleasure, doesn't mean, he can go "Oh I don't feel like myself" when he's not getting head. Because that's all it is with the different sexes, getting pleasure in different ways(And even that's debatable with all the toys some people use.). Again, I'm all for people doing what makes them happy, But that rubbed me the wrong way, and seemed like they were trying to manipulate you. While it's great they didn't lie, That doesn't mean what they did was right either. Still if you're cool with your SO's sleeping with others, you do you man. kittykou- I'm a very easygoing guy, Open minded too. But what's mine is mine. When I'm with a person, we both agree to be each other's, at least in a romantic and sexual sense. It's more special when you only share something with one other person, rather than multiple in my opinion. Shows loyalty and discipline. While you say the idea to explore your sexuality is great(Which isn't that just another word to just sleep with people with different kinks?), I'm pretty sure you can do that with anyone in a mono-relationship, if they agree to trying different things. Personally, could never have a threesome unless I was single. Because again, I don't share the important things. However people with different sexual ideals(Such as it being nothing more than just physical pleasure), or with different ideals on romance, can obviously make it work. Which is what I want to talk about in this topic, Because it's so far off my personal ability to understand fully, I want to see what makes those think that way.

Aren’t open relationships just another word for friends with benefits? The only way I see it ever working is if neither person had any serious emotional attachment to the other person. But someone always gets attached. And someone will always get hurt. I’ve been in one... not really by choice, but because I liked the person and was hoping to get them to commit later. It sucked bad. Thus the saying, https://i.pinimg.com/originals/d1/1d/e1/d11de14f3cad3fda5a4cf85f8623f6f6.jpg

I'd say friends with benefits and open relationship have a slight difference in nuance. Sex friends know they're not serious about each other so that's fine; but people on "open relationship" are just too thick headed to realise that.

I don't have any strong opinion for nor against open relationships. If this sort of thing is done behind someone's back then that's just cheating and is just horrible but imo as long as all parties are fully aware of what's going on and they agree on it then I really don't see the issue. I've never actually been in one myself so I can't really talk from experience.