Do you support Polyamory? Polygamy?

[zelmusario]

sc94597 said:

zelmusario said:

That's so weird, since my experience has been so different from yours. Many of my gay friends are in open relationships where they're emotionally committed to each other, but explore other partners sexually. Full consent between both parties exists and everyone seems like they're happy, at least on the surface. I guess it surprises me since I don't know anyone in a 3-way relationship, but I would think that the LGBT crowd would be open to polygamy/polyamory more readily than others. 

I think as long as everyone consents than live and let live. I don't claim to fully understand or identify with these concepts and I don't think I could ever be a part of a polygamous/polyamorous relationship, but that doesn't mean others can't. 

Well I am kind of in a open-relationship right now. The person I'm with thinks of the other encounters he and I have mostly as sexual and friendly rather than romantic, and also holds such negative beliefs with regards to polyamory/polygamy (which we both agree requires romantic involvement with more than one.) I think most gays have similar beliefs, at least the ones I've spoken with. They can imagine having sex with multiple people at once, but not being romantically involved with multiple people at once, if that makes sense. 

Well, yeah and I probably misled you here. Although we haven't explored it yet, I would totally be open to my partner and I having sexual encounters with others TOGETHER (like it sounds like you and your partner/bf do), but wouldn't be ok being in a romantic relationship with 2 other people. We can both be jealous bitches and I think it'd be too messy emotionally.  I also don't think I'd be ok with either my partner or I having sexual encounters with others that we aren't both involved in and I know he feels the same way. In other words, we play together or not at all. lol 

I will say that I'm open to considering other options later on in life and my views aren't set in stone. As long as you have that foundation of love, respect, honesty and committment, I think you can make any kind of relationship work.