Do you believe in an open marriage?

[cateyes1]

Or an open relationship? why or why not? and for the record NOOOOO I dont!!

[reiddb]

Open marriages will never work....never! Marriage is based on love and trust and when someone is sleeping with someone else there can be no trust, even if the other one knows about it.  It's ridiculous that anyone would agree to such a thing!

[skrogman]

Exactly!!!!   Absolutely not.  Without faith, trust, and fidelity, what does a relationship consist of? 

[devilroljin]

It's a big No-No for me. It might start out good, it even might last a while, but eventually, it will fall apart, no matter how mentally or emotionally mature you think you are. It is just human nature, jealousy, complexes, lack of trust, etc will take over sooner or later.

[queenofnines]

To each his own, but what's the point of being married if you're living like you're single on the side?

[Cuppycake]

To each his own, but what's the point of being married if you're living like you're single on the side?

Agreed. If that is the type of relationship they have it isn't much of one. If it works for them fine. Whatever. I certainly isn't something I would want to have though !

[jstein2]

No I do not. Marriage is a sacred union created and intended by God to be between one man and one woman. Why get married if you are just going to sleep with other people? Not only is it immoral, but you run the huge risk of STDs. Sometimes my husband and I fight and I become angry, but I could never bring myself to cheat on him or tell him I want to see other people.

[Hurricanekiz]

I believe it if they are a couple who is not religious!

[falcon9]

Marriage is a sacred union created and intended by God to be between one man and one woman. 

No, it isn't.  That's merely a superstitious religious belief without merit. So-called "pagans" were having "handfastings" and other pair-bonding rituals long before the xtian cult tried to co-opt the idea, (not to mention "arranged marriages" which had more to do with property than with any 'g-ds').

[batmobile]

no take it from experience IT NEVER WORKS  its a total mess trust me and its kinda sick man you wanna catch something and be a little nasty u know what go ahead and you cant have a good relationship and trust the other and say hey you cheated on me because you agreed its ok and ITS ALL IN THE OPEN and if other people know its embarrassing and everybody will want a slice of pie if they find you attractive and wanna swing or whatever its stupid and its only natural for the other to get jealous DONT DO IT it destroys relationships

[Storm61115]

no because its like cheating on the other person. if u made a commitment to that person and want them then there should be no reason why u would need to be with other people.

[lorettahknox]

Open marriage to me is just two people trying to have their cake and eat it too. It's adultery. The laws of this country have not adopted polygamy as law. Open marriage is dangerous in terms of reproduction because children could be fathered by the lover. This would erode  the relationship which could cause problems with the marriage. A child born in this situation would have emotional difficulty. If you want to still date people stay single, marriage is a commitment to one person not everybody. 

[patycake56]

absolutely not thats crazy

[jzmom]

I do not believe in open marriages.  I actually knew 3 couples(they all knew each other) that had open marriages.  They would try and tell me that sleeping with other people actually helped their marriages.  Guess what they all are divorce now.  They all had kids while this was going on too.  Sad!

[kevint5]

I do not agree with open marriages but if folks choose to do that then they should have that right.  It basically falls under the Chick-Fil-A issue.  We should have the right to choose what we want!