 Open relationships - how do they work?
After reading sunlit07's thread, I got curious about the propositions,
"you can be truly in love with someone and see other people at the same time"
and
"you can have multiple relationships and be there for all your partners"
Could I have some personal examples to back these up? or to elucidate the ups-and-downs of an open relationship compared to a normal relationship? how does this differ from polyamory?? and how do you balance your life around more than 1 partner? (on top of work, family, friends etc).
I'm not for or against open relationships, I'm just curious. Personally I'd prefer to see someone and allow that person the freedom to date (but not sleep with) other people until (and if) we fall for each other. I'm not terribly interested in having more than 1 sexual partner at one time, not just for safety reasons, but also because it takes so much time and concentration to be with one person...
if you have had actual experience with open relationships, would you mind sharing them? thanks :-)
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