DATING & MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIPS

      DATING & MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIPS

        Relationships by composition

           1) Swingers

 i )  Swinger relationships involve partner exchanges. These require a wide range of sex acts between heterosexual, bisexual, or gay couples in the same private location or home.     

                 2) Open relationships

i)    An open marriage or relationship is made up of two people that agree to have intimate relations with people besides their primary partner without considering it infidelity. This is considered a sort of the halfway point between a traditional relationship and monogamy or polyamory.  There aren't any rules or established boundaries to be in this kind of relationship. In this case, honesty and communication are the primary keys to success.

               3) Polyamorous relationship

i)    Polyamory implies having more than one long-term, intimate, loving, sexual relationship at a time. In this case, it's vital that all those involved consents, and are aware of the other parties in this type of partnership.

               4) Long-distance relationships

i)     A long-distance relationship -whether monogamous, polyamorous, or open- implies two people that never or hardly ever have physical contact since they live in separate places. These include virtual relationships where the people involved have never met in person before. Certain studies suggest that these couples could actually be more stable and have closer bonds than one might think.