Actually, “open relationship” is just another term for “non-monogamous relationship”.

Apr 21, 2016·1 min read

Actually, “open relationship” is just another term for “non-monogamous relationship”. Polyamory is a type of open relationship. What you describe as an open relationship is actually just dating — or casual sex.

Esther Crawford

CEO of Squad. Life story: “Nevertheless, she persisted.” Optimist. Technologist. Wearer of many hats.

It’s important to distinguish between “open relationships” and polyamory. In an open relationship, a monogamous person is often seeing multiple people because they haven’t yet decided that they like someone enough to commit only to them. And often these side relationships are more sexual than emotional. But in polyamory, one is able to maintain multiple romantic, emotional and sexual relationships at the same time with the people they like and are committed to. That’s important to understand. These relationships aren’t flings; they are real, serious and ongoi…

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