It appears many people who don't even know what monogamy is are practicing it and the reason is because that's the only kind of relationship you see growing up usually.

If you've matured and educated yourself, you've realized what monogamy is and that most people practice it.

Monogamy is when you condition yourself and your partner to only having access to one another. All others are excluded.

Non-monogamy is anything that isn't that. It can include polygamy, polyamory, swinging, romantic anarchy, digamy or whatever else exists.

I am non-monogamous because love is unconditional and monogamy has condition, therefore it cannot be true love.

You and your monogamous partner can open your relationship up whenever you're ready to experience it.

Jealousy is not a part of love. It's a part of conditioning.

If you love someone, you'll be able to share them if it makes them happy.

It isn't easy to accept changes, but this kind of relationship is older than monogamy and it's still around today, mainly found in dense urban areas.

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^^^ Ditto!

my puker was too big. lol

Thank you for sharing your wisdom. I will meditate on this.

5 Reasons Monogamy Cannot Be True Love

1) Love is sharing, unlike monogamy.
2) Love is open-minded, unlike monogamy.
3) Love is natural, unlike monogamy.
4) Love is never selfish, unlike monogamy.
5) Love is never possessive, unlike monogamy.

You're welcome. Glad to hear it.

oops, resizing didn't work. lol

love is a four letter word, unlike manogamy.

Your intellect and reasoning skills are truly dazzling.

Would anyone would like to rebuttal with something defending monogamy, instead of attacking the messenger?

So far, no one's actually disagreed. You've only pointed out my redundancy.

Called "sleeping around".

Messenger???


The topic is boorish and unoriginal

We're not attacking you. We're laughing at you.

*** Writing a book on how Monogamy is not actually love based on the logic that love is unconditional. ***


Love isn't logical, it is emotional. Unconditional love is very real. You may not have experienced it yet.

Do you have parents? grandparents?

Actually, there's no reason why anyone needs to defend monogamy.

Just as there is no reason why anyone should feel compelled to convince others that monogamy is somehow wrong or illogical.

I reject polygamy because it's not what I want.

(I'll be using polygamy as a general catch-all term here to save on typing.)

I also reject the concept that anyone who desires polygamy should also desire legal recognition of it. A person can have as many life-long partners as they want without a marriage certificate.

Personally, I believe that governments should not penalize singles and unmarried couples using the tax code. That same rationale applies to same-sex couples and polygamists.

So I view the whole debate over such things to largely be because of the tax codes and sharing/division of assets. Thus the government should stay out of it, treating everyone equally.

Anybody can have a marriage ceremony without actually securing a legal marriage certificate. You can have the rituals, the exchange of vows, the dinner and reception, the gifts, etc. all without that little legal scrap of paper.

If somebody wants to be a polygamist, I really don't see what's preventing them from doing so. But like most other things, that's YOUR business. Keep it YOUR business. Trying to justify, rationalize, or force your views upon other people makes it THEIR business by bringing it out of your PRIVATE life and into the PUBLIC. It's one thing to go out to dinner with your large family at a restaurant -- if anyone says anything to you about it, it is **they** who are violating the boundaries of respect, not you. But if **you** actively try to convert or convince others that **your** way is somehow the **right** way, then it is **you** who are violating those boundaries of respect.

It's much like smoking marijuana or tobacco in public. Just because another person likes to smoke does not mean I should have to inhale their secondhand smoke, or leave a restaurant just because somebody else wants to light up. As long as they respect personal boundaries and use discretion, those people can do what they want. Just don't invade my personal space with it. It's a matter of mutual respect.

You are talking from your 20th point of view but you never put on your consideration that a lot of us in them 50th & 60th.. We been there we done that & life been beating us more harder than you think.. I'm just looking for BJ now a days

The above-quoted statement is utter nonsense.

The desire to have multiple sex partners has nothing to do with love.

What is being attacked is a false claim about monogamy.

The above quote doesn't describe love or monogamy.