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Last sentence is great: "“It’s a tall order for one person to be your partner in Management Inc., your best friend and passionate lover. There’s a certain part
by Dirlewanger 13y ago
Last sentence is great:
"“It’s a tall order for one person to be your partner in Management Inc., your best friend and passionate lover. There’s a certain part of you that with this partner will not be fulfilled. You deal with that loss. It’s a paradox to be lived with, not solved.”"
It's why I've only recently "got" open relationships. A couple years ago I would have vehemently derided them as an excuse for not being able to keep it in one's pants and inability to commit to a relationship. But now I see that no one person has never been and will never be "everything" to any one person...and if two people who openly understand this and have a relationship, then it will only strengthen their love for one another because they realize that while they may not be everything to each other, both are getting the most out of life while still having an anchor at home.
- sliverstorm 13y agoI guess you could see open relationships as one resolution to that trinity. The others then being: - greater reliance on same-sex friend groups (spouse lacking as a best friend) - Keeping aspects like finances split, or surrendering management of this or that aspect completely to one or the other partner All three resolutions have been a part of successful relationships, though not necessarily together.