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Originally Posted by Hyacinthe
It's true the majority of us may not be able to support an ploy relationship. How much of this is because we were brought up to believe in monogamy though? If you had been raised in an environment where everyone around you was in multiple relationships that to you would be the norm, you would not expect to have one partner devoted to you, when you reached marriagable age you would most likely find multiple partners.
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Actually I don't think it would work that way. Pair bonding seems to be part of our nature. Most polygamous cultures base it on wealth, and its a financial decision not a love decision. Obviously its better to be the second wife of a very rich man than a the first wife of a poor man, but most would rather be the first wife of the rich man. So while sexual monogamy seems to be not part of our make up, pairing off is.
Even the ancient despots with harems in the 1000's had a 'wife' who was the one who produced the heirs.
The aberration in western culture is the rather recent concept (500 years or so tops) that once you are married you never have sex with anyone else, but the tradition of marriage is as old as history.