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JoaquinFox · 11-15-2006, 11:43 AM

Interesting. I never approached the process by saying, "I don't want to be serious". Honestly, during my experiment I was hoping to have a fullfilling relationship with each person I dated. That may sound crazy, but I have several friends who I am close with and with whom we fullfill each others needs. I actually have a lot of people who I am closer with than I have been with many of my romantic partners. So, could it be that there is a way to include romance in some of these close friendships? And I don't necessarily mean sex either although certainly not out of the question. Am I challenging a block that exists with the limited consciousness of our society and within myself or is there a really damn good reason not to seek multiple partners...on par with don't steal, don't kill....and don't commit adultary???

I've tended not to define a consensual and open relationship where everyone is conscious and aware of the nature of the relationship as adultary, but maybe I'm just fooling myself....or maybe I'm dead on and just need some more experience creating congruency within myself before I can manifest it in my love relationships????????????????

I don't claim to know.

11-15-2006, 11:43 AM	#4 (permalink)
JoaquinFox Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 22	Hhhmmmm Interesting. I never approached the process by saying, "I don't want to be serious". Honestly, during my experiment I was hoping to have a fullfilling relationship with each person I dated. That may sound crazy, but I have several friends who I am close with and with whom we fullfill each others needs. I actually have a lot of people who I am closer with than I have been with many of my romantic partners. So, could it be that there is a way to include romance in some of these close friendships? And I don't necessarily mean sex either although certainly not out of the question. Am I challenging a block that exists with the limited consciousness of our society and within myself or is there a really damn good reason not to seek multiple partners...on par with don't steal, don't kill....and don't commit adultary??? I've tended not to define a consensual and open relationship where everyone is conscious and aware of the nature of the relationship as adultary, but maybe I'm just fooling myself....or maybe I'm dead on and just need some more experience creating congruency within myself before I can manifest it in my love relationships???????????????? I don't claim to know.