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Found the source. > A YouGov poll of more than 23,000 Americans finds that about a quarter (25%) of Americans say they would be interested in having an open re

by air7 4y ago

Found the source. > A YouGov poll of more than 23,000 Americans finds that about a quarter (25%) of Americans say they would be interested in having an open relationship. https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/2021/04/26/open-relationships-gender-sexuality-poll https://today.yougov.com/topics/society/articles-reports/202...

hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
I don't think that's the right source question, I think it's this one from this study, https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/a4tvy27qfw/Updated%20Results%20for%20YouGovRealtime%20%28Monogamy%20Polyamory.pdf https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/a4tvy27qfw/Updated%20Results%20f... "On a scale where 0 is completely monogamous and 6 is completely non-monogamous, how would you describe your current relationship?" The results were: 0 (completely monogamous) 71% 1 4% 2 3% 3 4% 4 5% 5 2% 6 5% Not sure 6%
- nl 4y ago
  So maybe people who are scoring themselves 1 or 2 are thinking about other people, 3 flirt with others or something?
  - bongoman37 4y ago
- xboxnolifes 4y ago
  Seems like a really odd question. What would ratings 2 through 5 even mean?
  - hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
    Monogam-ish
    - tomcam 4y ago
      New Netflix show
    - klipt 4y ago
      "Just a little light swinging, just on special occasions."
  - scythe 4y ago
    I think the intermediate ratings mostly describe non-committed recent partnerships. It's become less rare for people to start having sex before deciding whether they are "in a relationship".
  - pcthrowaway 4y ago
    It could involve a spectrum of activities such as * Occasionally kisses other people * OK with oneself and SO dancing with other people with physical contact * One of the members of the partnership does some form of sex work (including phone-sex operator, webcam peformer, exotic dancer, etc) * Occasional threesomes None of these would be monogamous by some definition, but some would consider these different from a style of nommonogamy where someone dates entirely separately from their partner(s)
lob_it 4y ago
They could also use a quarter to do a coin flip if a marriage will end in divorce. 45% by 2021 estimates. No ring, no alimony and no child support has free love written all over it in the 21st century. Its obvious that it takes a lot of synergy nowadays to not be a statistic :)

by air7 4y ago

hn_throwaway_99 4y ago

I don't think that's the right source question, I think it's this one from this study, https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/a4tvy27qfw/Updated%20Results%20for%20YouGovRealtime%20%28Monogamy%20Polyamory.pdf https://docs.cdn.yougov.com/a4tvy27qfw/Updated%20Results%20f... "On a scale where 0 is completely monogamous and 6 is completely non-monogamous, how would you describe your current relationship?" The results were: 0 (completely monogamous) 71% 1 4% 2 3% 3 4% 4 5% 5 2% 6 5% Not sure 6%

nl 4y ago
So maybe people who are scoring themselves 1 or 2 are thinking about other people, 3 flirt with others or something?
- bongoman37 4y ago
xboxnolifes 4y ago
Seems like a really odd question. What would ratings 2 through 5 even mean?
- hn_throwaway_99 4y ago
  Monogam-ish
  - tomcam 4y ago
    New Netflix show
  - klipt 4y ago
    "Just a little light swinging, just on special occasions."
- scythe 4y ago
  I think the intermediate ratings mostly describe non-committed recent partnerships. It's become less rare for people to start having sex before deciding whether they are "in a relationship".
- pcthrowaway 4y ago
  It could involve a spectrum of activities such as * Occasionally kisses other people * OK with oneself and SO dancing with other people with physical contact * One of the members of the partnership does some form of sex work (including phone-sex operator, webcam peformer, exotic dancer, etc) * Occasional threesomes None of these would be monogamous by some definition, but some would consider these different from a style of nommonogamy where someone dates entirely separately from their partner(s)

lob_it 4y ago

They could also use a quarter to do a coin flip if a marriage will end in divorce. 45% by 2021 estimates. No ring, no alimony and no child support has free love written all over it in the 21st century. Its obvious that it takes a lot of synergy nowadays to not be a statistic :)