Originally Posted by
HardCell735
From what I understand, poly amorous relationships are when 3 or more people decide to commit to each other to enter a serious relationship whereas an open relationship is when 2 committed people decide to allow for each other to see other people in an independent manner.
Most of what you read about concerning poly amorous relationships either talks about what a fiasco it turned out to be, or, for the ones who claim a successful relationship, you commonly hear about how exhausting the experience is because of how much work is involved in keeping everyone happy. So I don't necessarily get what the draw is to be in this type of relationship. It's tough enough with just two people in my experiences, living in this day and age.
But I would think that such a relationship is succeptable to the same type of factors which can either strengthen or erode a typical two party relationship, plus the pressure of poly relationships not really being embraced by our society. So aspects like having sound intentions, clear expectations with one another, and keeping understandings of one another would be good. You also need to have the right type of character to deal with the complexities such a situation would bear. But if the motivations of the parties are not based upon sound intentions, those type of relationships tend to turn to shit sooner rather than later. So that's what I wonder about when I read about a the unsucceful attempts at such an arrangement. Is it because of societal pressures that these types of relationship tend to flounder or is it because people who typically enter into these type of relationships are not going in with sound intentions.
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