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Any arguments in favor of open relationships and the kind of anecdotal evidence supporting them usually boil down to a description of 3 or more people who don't really give a gently caress about each other and lack the kind of intense emotional connection people think of as Love or whatever. This is then said to be much more ideal than traditional monogamy because it lets the participants orgasm much more frequently, which of course is the entire purpose of a romantic relationship, satisfying one's cravings. Like a microwave cooking hot pockets for your all night game sesh, except for your genitals.
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ArbitraryC posted:I don't really think so. People absolutely do judge and look down on other people for that kind of thing. I'm not saying it's right but that is a cultural aspect to monogamy, when your partner sleeps around that doesn't just reflect badly on them it also reflects badly on you, hence cuck being a meme. They don't judge if they're broke and drunk and horny and it's 1:00am on a Thursday like Moridin is saying. They DO judge if half of them have kids and they're in their 30's and so are you. Basically if they're adults that do adult stuff. If you're in your 20's, banging anyone you can is not a big deal, in whatever configuration happens to be working (or not working). If you're attached to someone more often that anyone else, that can be your SO and meanwhile you're still hooking up on the side. That used to be called just "sleeping around" or "being a young person" but now that everything we do has to be categorized as some sort of all-encompassing lifestyle so it can have a tag on your blog, it's getting its own Sex Kingdom. Now it has a culture and is an established vehicle for talking about extra garbage. This is fine but just going out and doing it doesn't get you followers you can monetize, so now you have to proselytize and come up with ways to inject a manufactured lifestyle into the village square discussion. This is why the arguments in favor of it sound so half-hearted and talking-point-ish.
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Sep 11, 2015 22:28
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ArbitraryC posted:It's not like everyone is super promiscuous in their 20s though, I only knew of like 1 open relationship in my entire social circle and people constantly made fun of the dude for it until it crashed and burned. Sure there were single people who hosed around but if you were putting titles on it it implied monogamy. Polyamorous implies promiscuity. If you're not promiscuous you aren't poly.
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Sep 11, 2015 22:35
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