The openness of relationships
July 7, 2022•626 words
Traditionally, we see romantic relationships as exclusive things. You're either in a relationship, or you're not. You either have a boyfriend or girlfriend, are engaged or married, or not. Relationships are quite literally a binary affair: the number of romantic relationships you have is either zero or one. Having more than one is usually called 'cheating', and it's bad, very bad.
However naturally this attitude may feel, it has some strange side effects. First of all, it creates anxiety around...
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