Isn't the idea of an "open relationship" inherently selfish? I have a hard time believing that a relationship between two people can be at all for each other when each person is going off to satisfy their own desires. At what point do you actually consider the other person (if there is a main one) or one of the other people (if they are all equal)? Do you even care if you lose one or more? Do you continue to have the same ones?
The idea that ratbastid put forward is not really what I'm talking about. Him(?) having a three way relationship could work with just as much giving but then you are giving to more than one.
I'm not saying that being selfish is wrong. But I believe you must be selfish to be in an "open" relationship comfortably.
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