Open relationships are not just a thing of the past, something your parents tried out on the weekends back in the 70’s before STDs existed. They are alive and well today. And I’m here to explain some of the pros and cons of such a relationship for those of you who may be interested in giving it a try, or who want your friend to give it a try so you can get with his girlfriend that’s too hot for him.

I have a good friend, I’ll call her Sandy, who recently decided that open was the best kind of relationship, so all of my advice is the direct result of her actual experiences that have been rehashed to me. My friend’s trial run didn’t turn out so well, she and her boyfriend eventually broke up, but she insists that it wasn’t all bad and that she’d do it again given the opportunity.

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Cheating is a funny subject.

For those of us who haven’t yet taken the wedding vow, where does the obsession with pledging our fidelity come from? Why do teenagers and college students worry so much about breaking a covenant they’ve never made at an age when they should be dating the widest variety of people possible?

Given that the genesis of fidelity was probably to ensure that we women didn’t go around bearing children with other men’s DNA, it doesn’t seem to affect those of us in college, childless and armed with a multitude of birth-control options (some of them flavored!).

So maybe it’s just a residual peer-pressure from the rest of society. Everyone else has a (read: one) significant other – why don’t you?

But you have to stop thinking that way. Dating exclusively during your formative years isn’t always the best idea.
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