Open relationships are not a relationship

I try not to judge people and/or whatever works for other people. But it's hard to not look at open relationships and polyamory and think there's some immaturity there, a desire to have one's cake and eat it too, coupled with an inability to commit to someone on a deeper level. I know that's probably egregiously unfair. I get that monogamy isn't for everyone. But there's a whole lot of polyamorous/open relationship folks out there smugly sneering at us monogamous folks as if they're so profoundly enlightened, when often it's just an excuse to fuck whomever you like but also have a constant fallback. The tropes of a relationship without the hard work. I dunno. Messy topic.

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