Krustee, you are either a moralizing half-wit or just trying to stir things up. I suspect the former is the case. In my view it is our culture and beliefs of monogamy, christian values, etc. that is fucked up.
Agree with you 300% there.
All of our expectations out of relationships and monogamy are ridiculously unrealistic.. Right from the start we are a set up to fail and makes it so any kind of real honesty about things as time goes by, is impossible. It forces us to either act on it and do so in a dishonest way, or even if one chooses not act on it, the fact remains that he/she is still needs to be dishonest about even having had the desire in the first place.
Our whole mentality is just fucked. It's easier to ignore and pretend it isn't there, than it is to say it out loud and discuss it honestly. Monogamy might be right for some people, but I would suspect that out of these people, the ones who are being truly honest with themselves or their partners, are very few. If by marrying someone it meant never to talk to someone of the opposite sex again, I would think that a few years down the line, the conversation would be hella boring and revolve over the same topics over and over again. IMO same with sex to some degree. We are just programmed to think as sex as a huge deal, something you 'save' for someone you love; we're told that unless it 'means' something' , it's bad. It's BS. Sex itself doesn't need any love involved. It can be a variety of different combinations. And you'll still always have a type of sex & intimacy that you only find or want with that person.
But having that with someone doesn't mean you'll never want to explore other things. It shouldn't mean that you should have to be completely dishonest about having that desire, whether you choose to act on it or not in the end. Keeping quiet and lying about it doesn't mean it isn't the one you feel.
One day hopefully more people will stop buying into the BS that we are taught to believe is 'right', maybe more people will actually start to think for themselves, question what they've simply accepted as beliefs and speak up about it. Then maybe more people will actually start to be honest with themselves and others about it. Until then I guess we'll just keep our heads in the sand, just cause that's what we're taught so it must be the right thing to do.
Yup.. sorry... another post that ended up way longer than I was going for.. oh well.. I just think it's so insane of people to expect what they expect out of marriage & monogamy, and I don't understand why it's supposed to be better to be dishonest about it, because it's 'easier' that way. Meh.
Sorry ya got caught.. but maybe it's your chance to be honest about more than just your pooning and hit the real reasons and issues behind it.
