Open relationship

I'd be open to one. I'd have issues with being romantically open, though. But for me, trust is much more important that sex, and to be honest, as long as its not a breach of trust, I have no problem with a partner sleeping with someone else.

Just out of curiosity, wouldn't an open relationship also be a solution to one member having a low sex drive and the other not? The one with the higher sex drive could be sexually fulfilled, and romantically/emotionally fulfilled by the relationship with the one with the lower sex drive. I understand that sex drive isn't the only thing that influences these kinds of decisions, but its just a thought.

Another just out of curiosity: How would you feel if your partner proposed opening the relationship, but accepted easily when you said no? Would you be worried they might do it anyway?

 

I have contemplated the possibility of open relationships, but I'm too illogical and I know myself. I would be too jealous. I'm really quite monogamous.

As for a one time threesome... heh... :badgrin:

Nah but seriously. I think I'd get too jealous but I'm pretty open minded so it really depends on a lot of factors.

 

I could potentially be happy with an open relationship (with the right person I that I trusted deeply, but I would limit it to a sexual level only, and not a romantic level). I don't know if I would have sex with someone else though, it's one of those things that I won't know until I try it. As for threesomes, it's something I occasionally fantasize about...so, when I have more sexual and relationship experience, it's something I would want to try.

 

These seem like they're really not for me.

 

I couldn't do it (the open relationship.)

It would be too much of a problem. Find me once I start dating. I'm a very mature person, but this area is one where I just am....so behind the times.

In terms of a threesome...I'd have to go with my man, to a completely different place (probably a different country, a vacation maybe..) and do it with someone we really didn't know too well. However, I'd be worried about diseases...so that might not work.

A few of my friends have been involved in threesomes...and it failed, every time.

 

My relationship's open. I'm quite happy with it - someday I want my serious relationships to be monogamous, but at the moment, I don't have a problem with being open.

 

Eh... for me, one relationship is hard enough. Why go for two or more? I dunno, it just makes it seem impersonal to me. I'd rather get to know one person on a super deep level then add in another. Just my personal preference.

Also, I'd have jealousy issues... haha

 

Never, ever, ever, ever.

 

What Bolin said, times three.

 

I was in an open relationship before and I didn't have any issues. I enjoyed it. However, if the relationship is going to be long term (multiple years), I think I'd want a closed relationship

 

I'd rather have something like this than to agree to monogamy and have them run off behind my back for not meeting their needs or what other excuse cheaters use. At the moment, I can't be bothered to enter a serious long term relationship, so it would work for me - provided they are completely honest and don't go out making dumb decisions, like having sex without protection, having drunk sex with strangers, using harmful drugs, etc.

Threesome would work, on one condition: at some point in time both partners would have to work on pleasuring me during an act. :lol: Milk that cow for all its worth, I say.

 

I probably would have said no before my last relationship, which was open. But when faced with the decision, I was okay with it.

 

I'm open to an open relationship. (SEE WHAT I DID THERE?)

 

Don't have anything against folks who want to do the open relationship thing (would be fine with being friends with people who were open for example), but not something I would be able to do.

Many years ago, a former boyfriend wanted to do a threesome. The idea didn't rock my world because in my experience three people in a group often results in someone being left out to one degree or another (yes, this was probably my insecurities talking). Figured the same might result in this situation. Had he really wanted to and if we'd found a guy we both liked, I probably would have done it but we never got around to it while we were together.

My partner and I have discussed the possibility of a three-way (or whatever) and neither of us are interested. In his past there was a 4-way experience once. Again, nothing against folks who want to do em (Have known people who've done this and stuff involving more than three people, a lot more), just not our cup of tea

Todd

 

I'm monogamous, but I do not get jealous when the ones I love are not. I'm quite happy in open relationships, providing ground rules are established and people are actually committed to ensuring their sexual health (and for that matter my own) is not compromised by taking open relationship to mean having unprotected sex with every Tom, Dick and Harriet they come across.

The only issue I ever have is if someone wants to create a love nest where we all sleep together, and that's just not my style. I'm happy to share my house with their lovers, I'm happy to get to know them, but as I tend to be sexually exclusive to one person if someone wants a multiple partner sex scenario I'm generally the wrong person for that particular fantasy.

In my mind an open relationship makes sense as the people who will want additional partners will want them anyway, and those who do not will not, so it makes sense to me to make it clear to serious sexual partners that should they wish to have additional partners then they may do so but our relationship must have a distinct set of rules from that which exists in our monogamous pairing. I have no desire to restrict the person I love if they are polysexual/amorous, and as of yet I have had no desire to keep the person I love solely for myself. My decision in relationships is to keep myself for them and them alone, but their decisions are their decisions and if that includes multiple partners then so be it.

 

No! I don't like the idea of my man sleeping around. It'll make me feel like I'm not enough for him and he wants something I can't give him.