Well..what i also meant is that it is possible to be intimate emotionally with more than one person..without favoring one over the other... and i dont understand why some people dont believe that.. or have a problem with that idea...
On Tue, Jun 22, 2010 at 6:44 PM, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > "I think open relationships are much better..there is no emotional > burden" psk > > This assumption may come back to bite you. I would refer you to the > biographies of Sartre/DeBeauvior and O'Keefe/Steigliz. The extensive > published material about these two open relationships should show you > how heavy multiple relationships can be. > > Relationships are our contemporary temples. We learn more about > ourselves through our most intimate relationships than anywhere else > possible, if we are open to the awareness. There is endless beauty in > the devoution of two people to eachother. However, it seems not > everyone is capable of such intimacy or self discovery for myriad > reasons. What is right for you may change over time, it may not. To > each his own. > > On Jun 21, 4:26 pm, "pol.science kid" <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have a hard time believing when someone tells me that they have > > found the one... what does it mean anyway..The one.. why does it thave > > to be one...I believe that people can and do fall in love with more > > than one person at the same time...and that is why i am opposed to > > marriage as an institution...a promise to be with each other > > forever!...I think open relationships are much better..there is no > > emotional burden...Also sexual and emotional intimacy does not always > > have to be in one single package.. i do not see adultery as something > > horrible...and i really resented the way media made an example of > > Tiger woods and his many affairs...so wat he slept with many women.. > > its not like they didnt know who he was and that he was married...The > > fact that religion penetrated and dictated every aspect of individual > > lives still shows its effects...sex is something sacred and at the > > same time tabboed(although some countries have come to take liberal > > views there are still many orthodox societies)... its a natural > > instinct why make something else out of it...its like hunger..The more > > you try to regulate it the more you pervert it...the fact that > > teenagers are told to abstain should only be because of health reasons > > not because premarital sex is a sin...It was because that religion > > first dictated that homosexuality is immoral that subsequent legal > > bans on it followed.. and it is still so ingrained in society that > > most homosexuals have a hard life..only because of one aspect of their > > individuality... As for monogamy i really dont think it is a universal > > truth...i mean it was fine when the mortality rate was around 50 you > > could stick around with one.. but things are changing... And with the > > society must evolve its institutions and the values related to these > > institutions ... So after all this rambling all id like to say is that > > the society should rethink its basic elements which it takes for > > granted ...i dont mean to offend all you happily married people out > > there.. just a private opinion.. and I'd like to know wat you all > > think.. > -- \--/ Peace
