I feel that the pressures of commitment and being in an orthodox and typical relationship sometimes ruin something very special between two people. Each relationship with every different girl is different and it all depends on what works for both of us in our situations. People that have an idea in their head of what a relationship should be before they even enter the relationship tend to be dissapointed with the relationship. However, people that go into a relationship with an open mind and accept the fact that they are entering something they cannot logically control or explain tend to have better relationships. I'm just speaking from experience and nothing else...
Agreed. Keeping an open mind is key and not just saying, "I refuse to do this or that," cause then you're putting limits on the relationship. With some people that works and with some it doesn't.
Every situation in life should be dealt with on an individual basis, well, as far as relationships go that is. Nobody is exactly the same.
As long as you talk about what you want or what will work then that's what matters.
In the end, open relationships seem to end without any real committment. Most people that I have met start a relationship with the hopes of committment. Either way, more than likely one person in that open relationship isnt' as cool with it as the other and that person who's not cool with it probably wants more committment. So then it ends in one person wanting more than the other and that's why it ends, in my opinion.
But really, what does everyone define as an "open relationship,"? A relationship where you can go out and fuck whoever you want and still come back to that one person....or is it that you can go out and DO what you want (minus fucking other people) and still come back to that open relationship?
I think fucking other people and then having that one person to go back and fuck is more of a security thing than anything else. If you can fuck all those other people that one person shouldnt' matter that much, and if they do you're heading towards not wanting/not being in an open relationship--if it's defined as being able to fuck who you want while still having that one person you fuck more than anyone else.
I think that's fucking stupid, for me, but for others, it's whatever works. I don't like to fuck females that are fucking other dudes or even flirting with other guys. It shows a major lack of loyalty and respect but that's just how I work.