Sentences with phrase «nonmonogamous relationships»

If this is the mainstream view of monogamy, it's no wonder that people involved in nonmonogamous relationships and those who are considering opening their relationships tend to avoid couples therapists like the plague.

Research on other types of nonmonogamous relationships has yielded similar findings.

The decision to add the option for polyamorous users comes after OkCupid noticed an uptick in interest in nonmonogamous relationships.

BDSM relationships, or kinky relationships, may or may not coincide with open / ethically nonmonogamous relationships.

That said, I spent months researching consensual nonmonogamous relationships for The New I Do and spoke to numerous people who opened up their marriage or who chose it from the get - go because they'd never even consider getting married without monogamy being discussed and mutually agreed to, and even I know that being in a consensually nonmonogamous relationship hardly has «loose confines» — most people who mutually agree to choose it have explicit agreements on what's OK and what's not OK; even if they don't, successfully navigating it requires a lot of communication and transparency.

I think what is being said is that many men would like to have a nonmonogamous relationship but since saying that outright to the woman they love and want to have the emotional connection with might send her packing, they opt to say nothing — and then eventually cheat.

Not exact matches

In fact, many couples that I know, both personally and professionally, have perfectly happy relationships that are, in one way or another, nonmonogamous.

Nonmonogamous couples must disclose all of the information regarding their extra dyadic parings, as well as set up a clear set of rules before engaging in such relationships.

Despite these unique challenges, research shows that nonmonogamous people have highly secure bonds with their partners (Jenks, 1985), that female partners feel more free and unhindered by patriarchal expectations (Stelboum, 1999), and relationship satisfaction actually improves (Weitzman, Davidson, & Phillips, 2009).

When nonmonogamous couples live with multiple partners, they report that their relationships benefit from shared household responsibility, parenting tasks, and financial contributions (Weitzman, Davidson, & Phillips, 2009).