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I've always wondered if I am able to deal with an open marriage or an open relationship,
because even in relationships I have had that were closed, which has been for all my relationships.
I've usually been accused of being a jealous person but I am curious about an open relationship.
Everyone always just thinks of it as free *** passes, but I feel like they've never
considered the jealousy that they would feel or how they would deal with the fact knowing
their partner was engaged in an extra marital affair. Now that's the thing. Could I handle
it? Could I handle knowing my girlfriend or my wife was having sex with another man or
another woman. It's just one of those things that I won't know until it happens. But I
wonder if I would have the strength to even consider allowing an open marriage. By allowing,
that sounds very patriotical and possessive. I wonder if I can be part of an open marriage
or an open relationship. It would probably be a strong trust bud, probably one of the
strongest trust buds because you know you both are engaging in these affairs and you
both know it. There can't be such jealousy like that or it's not going to work. An open
marriage in order to succeed has to be one of the strongest form of marriage or relationship
because the threat of sex in an affair using sex as a weapon, it dissipates, it becomes
a low level threat and its a fascinating thing people are able to have open marriages and
I dont know why there is such a scorn on them. I dont know why we would scorn. I feel like
we should celebrate these people. They have such a trust and love of their own partners,
they let them do their own thing. Seems like there is not that much jealousy? Im talking
about the idea of open marriage relationship. I would love to learn more about it. If anyone
has been in one, how it works? How does the jealousy work? If you've met your significant
other's partner or if they've met yours? That would be fascinating to know how it works
because it's a fascinating topic and I would love to hear how it really works. Because
you always hear such stigma it never works and people who do it just want to cheat on
each other. I dont think thats true. I think it's a fascinating idea and I would love to
try it just to see if I can handle it, if my signature other can handle it, and how
the relationship would change knowing that both partners were engaged with other people
sexually. I would love to hear what you guys think about it. Thanks for listening.
Having a open relationship that allows either people to have sex with others means WASTE
OF EACH OTHER'S TIME. I don't have the time to worry about who is *** who and what
my "girlfriend" is up to. The relationship will eventually spread too thin. I had friends
who were engaged in open relationships and they were either miserable or uncertain the
whole time. I say stop playing with your emotions and if you truly don't love the other person
and you have the need to check out other people, leave her or him behind
Personally I dont think an open relationship or an open marriage should be the best of
ideas because as you did mention, using sex as a threat or as a weapon to basically leverage
off of in case you dont get anything you want, is always an option for either partners. So
that can cause a lot of discourse in the relationship or marriage and I personally think that even
in an open relationship when both partners are allowing if you will, that signifies that
there's something missing from the relationship that both partners are looking for which is
fundamentally something they're trying to figure out on a deeper level in their relationship,
so personally I feel that it's not the best of ideas
I see open relationships as a gateway to a breakup or a sign of not a strong relationship.
I'm not trying attack anyone that has a strong relationship and is in one, but I personally
was in a closed relationship and went into an open relationship for about 2 months before
we broke up. It was a very long term relationship and we were young so it was hard to do a clean
break and neither of us could face the fact that we just weren't right for each other
anymore. I am happily in a relationship now and, for me, the reason I would never go into
an open relationship is, aside from the jealousy, is the fact that I'm so happy, I see no need
whatsoever to engage in any type of activity with anyone else. I think if you're truly
happy in a relationship and in love with someone, neither of you feel the desire to be with
other people. If you do, and if you're NOT jealous of your partner, I think it's time
to re-examine exactly how strong your feelings are for that person. But again, that's just
me. My only open relationship was the gateway to a breakup, I didn't feel jealousy because
I no longer wanted to be with that guy, and I didn't care if he felt any jealous about
me because in my heart I didn't feel that type of dedication to him anymore.