Getting Married next year......

topic posted Sun, November 18, 2007 - 9:31 PM by 
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 PM
    I 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.

    Vixxen
    • Re: Getting Married next year......

      Tue, November 20, 2007 - 5:59 AM
      If 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.)
      • Re: Getting Married next year......

        Tue, November 20, 2007 - 11:30 AM
        I 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
        • 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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