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Polyamory

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Florence61

Florence61 Report 8 Feb 2018 11:12

Did anyone see the documentary on BBC2 last night on Polyamory?

I watched it because I was curious how it worked.I am not a judgemental person and each to their own so I don't hold an opinion on whether its right or wrong but for the 2 gay men that were married and had a boyfriend, surely they are committing adultery albeit consensual?

Personally I wouldn't want to share a partner with anyone else but for some I guess its ok.

Did anyone else watch it?

Florence
in the hebrides

Researching:
house/hampshire prophet/cheshire skinner/kent

Dermot

Dermot Report 8 Feb 2018 11:39

'Sexual relations within marriage may be defined as the association of mates for the care of their offspring.

Marriage is a variable & fluctuating institution which has passed through almost every conceivable form & experiment in the course of its history from the primitive care of children without association of mates to the modern association of mates without the production of any offspring.'

{'The Story of Civilisation' by Will Durant.}.

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 8 Feb 2018 11:42

I didn't watch it - but wouldn't fancy it either :-(

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad) Allegedly the heaviest man in England in 1842

Sharron

Sharron Report 8 Feb 2018 11:51

A marriage is only a contract to have sex. There is no obligation to care for the children.