My bf and I are getting married next year, and we're both pretty excited about it. We are also in an open relationship. I do not want that to change, but I'm feeling a little awkward about dating and planning a wedding at the same time.......does anyone have any ideas about how I can deal with this?
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Re: Getting Married next year......
Mon, November 19, 2007 - 9:26 PMI would say while planning your wedding is a good time to focus
on this relationship and not worry about other relationships.
There will always be time to see other people in the future.
Right now take pleasure in the joy of this one and the wedding
to celebrate it.
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Re: Getting Married next year......
Tue, November 20, 2007 - 5:59 AMIf you and your boyfriend have an open relationship for the same reason that my wife and I do--namely, because you both believe that monogamy _for its own sake_ is an unnatural and soul-defeating restriction--then you probably should do whatever feels most right for you, even if that includes seeing others during the planning of your wedding. When we got married we hadn't yet come to a shared understanding that openness was best for us, but if we'd been there back then we'd probably have stayed open during the run-up to the wedding. Nothing else would really have made sense. As it was (and as I found out only much later) my wife had already long given up on monogamy, but without telling me, and when the truth spilled out--seven years after we got married--it nearly destroyed us both. Don't fight your nature, and don't let any secrets get born. They grow up to be very dangerous.
(Not everyone thinks this way, I know... but it's what works best in my house.) -
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Re: Getting Married next year......
Tue, November 20, 2007 - 11:30 AMI see what you're saying....my thinking was there is so much
to do while you're planning a wedding, and so many things
require a degree of focus on your part. And dating others
takes time and focus too. I know I just can't deal with too
much going on at one time. I guess it depends on what
kind of person you are. But don't stress if you feel like you
don't have the time for more than your wedding right now.
It doesn't mean you're giving in the monogamy thing by
focusing on one thing right now. It's just temporary...
Vixxen -
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Re: Getting Married next year......
Tue, November 20, 2007 - 11:59 AM
I'm awesome at multi-tasking....and although I don't have another relationship at the moment, I don't want to be closed off to the possibilites..... and since my wedding isn't until the spring of 2009...well, thats a long way off.....
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Re: Getting Married next year......
Wed, November 21, 2007 - 11:13 AMSo how many guys will be attending the honeymoon? -
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Re: Getting Married next year......
Wed, November 21, 2007 - 12:16 PMha! I'll leave them home, the kids are coming...... -
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Re: Getting Married next year......
Wed, November 21, 2007 - 2:22 PMHeh, I'm getting married next Fri., and my sweetie and I both went out on dates last week. Was it slightly weird? Yeah, sorta. Was it a welcome break from planning? God, yes!
Do what you want! Enjoy yourself, and if all goes well, you'll be reminded of pone of the reasons you love each other; that you get to love others (or, at the very least, have a little sump'n for fun!).
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