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belladonic-haze

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Of course, whe went up and down the gay road and slandered and hit each other over the head with the bible and the origin of species.

This is more complicated, I think.

Someone is a bisexual woman and is involved in a heterosexual relationship and a lesbian relationship and all partners agree and even join in from time to time.

I do not see anything wrong with that.

How do you see this kind of lifestyle?
 

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Whatever works for them, personally I find it hard enough to support and care for one person in that type of intense environment as it is.
Pretty much what he said. it's no different from someone being engaged in two hetrosexual relationships. I'm not sure how all the advantages of a permanent monogomous relationship can be replicated in any other model, but it's their choice.
 
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Someone is a bisexual woman and is involved in a heterosexual relationship and a lesbian relationship and all partners agree and even join in from time to time.

I do not see anything wrong with that.

How do you see this kind of lifestyle?

First of all, just to clarify, being bisexual doesn't mean you MUST have a relationship with both men and women, especially at the same time. It's not much different from a straight or gay guy that particularly likes, for example, guys/girls with blonde hair and guys/girls with red hair. Just because they have a particular affinity for both, does not mean they must have both.

Now, as per the question asked, I can't find anything inherently wrong with it. If all members involved are aware of what's going on, I can't see the problem.

The only potential issue that may rise is that in a "worst case" scenario, you have a very long chain of partners. I.E A is dating B who is also dating C who in turn is also dating D, etc... etc... In a more perfect world this wouldn't be an issue, but when you have to worry about things like STDs it can be.

Person A may be aware that some sort of chain of partners, and may be aware down to person C. And person A maybe comfortable with that. But what if person F is, say, a drug addict that shares needles? That one person, several "links" down, can ultimately effect everyone else.

This is why I prefer to have a monogamous situation. It reduces the risk of me being linked, one way or the other, to an undesireable sexual partner.
 
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First of all, just to clarify, being bisexual doesn't mean you MUST have a relationship with both men and women, especially at the same time. It's not much different from a straight or gay guy that particularly likes, for example, guys/girls with blonde hair and guys/girls with red hair. Just because they have a particular affinity for both, does not mean they must have both.

Now, as per the question asked, I can't find anything inherently wrong with it. If all members involved are aware of what's going on, I can't see the problem.

The only potential issue that may rise is that in a "worst case" scenario, you have a very long chain of partners. I.E A is dating B who is also dating C who in turn is also dating D, etc... etc... In a more perfect world this wouldn't be an issue, but when you have to worry about things like STDs it can be.

Person A may be aware that some sort of chain of partners, and may be aware down to person C. And person A maybe comfortable with that. But what if person F is, say, a drug addict that shares needles? That one person, several "links" down, can ultimately effect everyone else.

This is why I prefer to have a monogamous situation. It reduces the risk of me being linked, one way or the other, to an undesireable sexual partner.

Of course: STD's are the main problem in any relationship. A lot of monogamous spouses think their partner is as monogamous as they are, but that is NOT reality.

Safe sex is therefor a must, in my humble opinion especially when you have more than one partner.
 
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Of course: STD's are the main problem in any relationship. A lot of monogamous spouses think their partner is as monogamous as they are, but that is NOT reality.

Of course there is always the risk that your partner is not as monagomous as you think he/she is. But for every extra partner (known and accepted by both people in the relationship) you add to the "chain", you increase the risk of someone sleeping with someone with an STD.
 
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Of course there is always the risk that your partner is not as monagomous as you think he/she is. But for every extra partner (known and accepted by both people in the relationship) you add to the "chain", you increase the risk of someone sleeping with someone with an STD.

Of course...that is plain simple statistics, but that doesn't mean you have to stay monogamous. It means you have to be careful and use protection. There is a lot of ways to protect yourself even woman on woman sex has good ways for protection.
 
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Of course, whe went up and down the gay road and slandered and hit each other over the head with the bible and the origin of species.

This is more complicated, I think.

Someone is a bisexual woman and is involved in a heterosexual relationship and a lesbian relationship and all partners agree and even join in from time to time.

I do not see anything wrong with that.

How do you see this kind of lifestyle?
Group orgies?

Hardly progressive.
 
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Of course...that is plain simple statistics, but that doesn't mean you have to stay monogamous. It means you have to be careful and use protection. There is a lot of ways to protect yourself even woman on woman sex has good ways for protection.


It's a little-known fact, but dental dams are very good for opening stuck jar lids.:thumbsup:
 
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Protection only reduces, doesn't cancel out the chance.

Some people both get an HIV test before they engage in sexual contact...just to be on the save side.....

But I am not talking about STD's. We all know that there are risks. STD's do not discriminate so everybody is at risk.

Let's just say that these three people have no STD's and go from there with your thoughts.....
 
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Of course, whe went up and down the gay road and slandered and hit each other over the head with the bible and the origin of species.

This is more complicated, I think.

Someone is a bisexual woman and is involved in a heterosexual relationship and a lesbian relationship and all partners agree and even join in from time to time.

I do not see anything wrong with that.

How do you see this kind of lifestyle?

To each their own. I'm personally not capable of contemplating navigating such a confusing web of intimate relationships.

(says the lady with the husband who's been twice married before who could build a kinship chart far more complex than anything one could put together from the most confusing of Biblical families...)

I think triangles (even consensual ones) lend themselves to uncomfortable power plays but since I know a polyamorous family that's been stable for about 10 years I know obviously that there seem to be people with different capacities for love than I have.
 
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Why are they different? Does their sexlife make a difference in how they run the country?
Actually yes, personally I would like to know if the people in parliment are too busy pleasing themselves, then getting down to business behind closed doors.

I don't care what they do at home.
 
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