Can One Outsmart the Merits of Commitment in Relationships?
As posted here on kuro5hin: The long-standing Western tradition idealizes a committed, life-long relationship. But way before the concept of tradition existed, people were procreating and enjoying it. As much as we’d like to try, we can’t close our eyes and prevent ourselves from being attracted to others. These attractions can lead to wonderful connections, relationships, and physical intimacies. Unfortunately we can’t choose when objects of our desire will come into focus. And sometimes we’re already involved. There are a lot of perspectives on what’s appropriate between friends, intimate friends, and exclusive partners. But these ideas are not rules, much as society seems to think. Most people adhere to the aforementioned Judeo-Christian concept of marriage. But there are (or have been) other cultures that accepted multiple wives, multiple husbands, or no rules at all. The latter condition no-doubt existed for the majority of man’s history. While people have tried in more recent yea
