Open relationships
Affairs or open relationships may be seen as greener pastures, but what happens when you jump the marital fence and start wandering the open plain? What are the risks and benefits when the playing field suddenly includes more than two people?
One of my favourite topics is ‘polyamory’, which is quite simply about having multiple, loving relationships. I think it resonates with me because I believe so strongly in individual freedom, and I don’t believe our hearts should suffer being controlled by the restrictions of society or peer pressure. If we want to love someone, we should.
But unfortunately, society tells us no. Reinforced by insecure and fearful people, society tries to impose restrictions on how many people we can love at a time. Love is something you can only do with one person at a time, they say, and if you love more than one, then not only are you being unfaithful, but you have to make a choice.
Dating and relationships
In the past, one of the most common topics I used to write about was my dating and relationship experiences. (I just checked the Tag Cloud, and discovered that it is THE most common topic, with 124 posts having been written about the subject…) However, in the past 12 months I’ve only written 3 posts tagged ‘relationships’ and only 1 post tagged ‘dating’. I only realised this yesterday and felt quite amazed.
If you’ve been aware of my dating and relationship history over the years, you’d be amazed too. 
More on Polyamory
I’ve mentioned in the past that I’m intrigued by the concept of Polyamory, the relationship choice where you love whoever you feel like loving, rather than the ‘one at a time’ love that western society seems to dictate. While I’ve not had the opportunity to practice it yet, it’s a lifestyle choice that fits what I feel is absolutely right.
I was reading something about my Myer-Briggs personality type (INTP) and Polyamory, and the following part of the discussion caught my interest:
Spring is here
It's the 1st of September, the first day of spring. And what a lovely day it is today. Yesterday was such a miserable, wet day, and today's gorgeous. It's like winter was trying to have its last gasp before spring arrives.
I'll try to use more photos in future, or even images. I'd like to spice this blog up with photos, and it worked out well the times I've done it in the past. I keep on having issues, however, with maintaining the insertion of photos into blog posts. I usually just want to write something, and when I finish, I just publish it. It's often quite a lengthy process to find a relevant photo or image and then insert it. However, I've recently installed an album plug-in that should make image management a much easier task.
Inappropriate assumptions
I 'met' someone recently on Facebook that turned out tonight to have a few issues with me. Apparently I was playing 'games' with them because I'm engaged and yet chatting with them (they're female), and I changed the picture in my profile. This apparently made them believe that I was trying to pretend to be someone else. Oh, and that I had three different message conversations with her over the past week.
1) They're not even a 'friend' of mine in Facebook, and instead they're just an 'application buddy'. Eg. we use the same application, therefore share a common interest, and started talking to each other. We hadn't gotten to the point where I might want to add them as a friend.
2) I thought anyone could change pictures in profiles? I didn't realise before that it meant you were playing games.
