wot it all means...800 open relationship members??

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i knew this was coming...

ok..some simple..umm..definitions

you had it about right..

 

polyamory...basically a relationship(s) between loving indivuals that is greater then a couple...

the strict definition is the state or practice of maintaining multiple sexual and/or romantic relationships simultaneously, with the full knowledge and consent of all the people involved

 

swinging is the practice of having mulitple sexual partners outside of a romantic relationship thru mutual consent...

then there are closed party swingers..friends first swingers..etc

 

the underground/alternative romance/relationship world is a huge multilayered confusing genre!

 

i could be defining terms all day

Jonnie Hellens Nov 4, 2005 10:15 AM Re: Re: 800 open relationship members??

Yeah, he makes it clear that it didn't GET shut down, He voluntarily closed the doors. He got tired of the battle. I see why one would. I know just about every time they open a new Castle (an adult toy store) there's a big thing on the news about how they are morally corrupting all sorts of people And yet, Castles keep opening up all over the place. So they must have a lot of support somewhere.

 

So is swinging a totally different thing? I kinda get that it could be. A swinger is a person who 'meet's lots of people, whereas poly is relationship based? He had girlfriends that he was obviously in a relationship with and some of them had boyfriends that they were also in relationships with and yet if any of them met someone they were interested in, they were free to explore options. Did I get definitions messed up?fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote:

 

ah..a swingers club...i guess...

ho..maybe it was a polyamory club....

too bad it got shut down.....

always an uphill battle....

Jonnie Hellens Nov 3, 2005 2:18 PM Re: Re: 800 open relationship members??

I dunno, once upon a time I didn't know it was a poly situtuation. I heard him mention his girlfriend but it wouldn't be one he was just talking about. Each knew the other and they also had other friends, etc. I figgered it out kinda quick. His club is shut down now, he was in a constant battle with the authorities cuz they didn't like a club where people could go and meet and 'enjoy' each others company in private or public. He got tired of the fight after one too many arrests. Hey, to each thier own I say, consenting adults and all that.

 

Not like once upon a time I went to visit my grandfather in Nevada, I was probably 15 or so. He took me home and introduced his wife and then later elsewhere introduced his fiance. I kinda got the idea they didn't know about each other, but I didn't ask. I was just confused and quiet.fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote:

 

that is sad...

 

weird tho..it almost sounds more like a stable, then a poly relationship...

but..whichever...takes all kinds in this lil blue ball here...everyone is different with different needs Jonnie Hellens Nov 3, 2005 9:29 AM Re: Re: 800 open relationship members??

A friend of my DH is poly, he had quite a bit of money and had lots of houses with various girlfriends living in them. I never talked to him too much cuz he was always trying to invite me to his club and my DH was very uncomfortable with that. Too bad, you know how curious I am and I would have loved to have asked a lot of questions. He didn't seem to mind at all.

 

We got a call a couple of weeks ago that was pretty sad. One of his girlfriends died suddenly (my DH said he really didn't want to tell me why she died, of course then I really had to know) of a heart attack. She wasn't much older than I am. He's been with her a long time so I'm sure he is pretty upset.

 

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External control are you gonna let them get you?

Do you wanna be a prisoner in the boundaries they set you?

 

 

 

 

 

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