Are you polygamous or monogamous?

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As for myself... I'm monogamous.

it's completely situational and depends on with whom i fall in love... which is usually someone who is monogomous, so there ya go. both are very hard but both can be very rewarding.

hmm, interesting question. I have never understood the "relationship" thing. I have had a few "friends with privileges" mostly bored married women, who I didn't have to go out in public with.

I am currently in a monogamous relationship. she is trying to teach me the rules and regulations. She has explained that if I were to wander, she would be gone. I would miss her. She has tried to teach me what is appropriate and what is not. I have always hated the word appropriate. People just say what is, and what is not, appropriate. never why. It drives me nuts. She is trying to teach me the whys. It is very complicated and confusing. It makes my brain hurt.

Is sex for procreation, or recreation? Or both?

If sex is for recreation, why should love interfere?

What do those words mean again?

Monogamous to the point where I can't talk about it.

Definately monogamous can just about manage one man, my partner never mind another one or even more!

I'd be happy with one woman. If she wanted to bring in another female into the relationship though, I wouldn't mind. But then again, I'm a guy, what do you expect?

I'm definitely not monagomous. In fact, fairly soon after my wife and I met, I asked her (since I knew that she was bi) whether we could bring another female in. She said no - but it wasn't too long before she and an ex of mine double-teamed me. At that point, I realised that this was something that I wanted, not just as an occasional occurance - but rather as a permanent situation. We tried - but things didn't work out. In a few other cases, we either just played with someone else, or made a serious attempt, but there would always be something standing in the way (one of us not feeling entirely comfortable with the proposed add-in, for whatever reason). I still firmly believe that there is a mystical quality to threes, which along with my inate desires, lead me to continue seeking such a situation.

Honestly, it's not that hard a thing to maintain - with the right people. The point is that one person can 'step away' for a while, whilst not leaving the others alone. This is important to someone (like me) who really needs space.

Literally monogamous means marrying one alone, polygamous means marrying many at one time - two serial marriages is bigamy (unless divorce, annulment - technically different- or death intervenes. You could be more specific and speak of polygyny (many wives, one husband) occuring in a number of cultures and polyandry (many husbands one wife) comparatively few cultures.

Sometimes the terms are not applied solely to matrimony. Here there is some further confusion with terms like serial monogamy - repeated relationships, but only one at a time - presumably as distinct from outright infidelity, betraying a girlfriend or wife without actually having had the decency to break it off first. The latter is generally and in my view quite rightly frowned upon, to put it mildly.

"Polyamory" is actually a hybrid Greek and Latin term mean literally "many loves."

Of course there may be love for more than one person, but there are different sorts of love. Yes, I realise it is possible to romantically love more than one person in your life as well,but that is enough for now. I hope that was informative, Red Mage.