Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s ex-wife has said they divorced after she rejected his request for an “open marriage”.

People in open marriages have told the BBC that if her version of events is true, the former House Speaker broached the subject the wrong way……

Open marriages can work, and have worked for thousands of couples over decades if not centuries. However, there’s much more involved in maintaining an open marriage than simply asking for one. Such relationships require an ongoing commitment to communication and mutual support, and will almost certainly involve some journeying in the vulnerable territories of jealousy, insecurity and anger – but what marriage does not?

Because we only hear about the ones that do. If a three-way or an affair was a factor in a divorce or breakup, we hear all about it. But we rarely hear from happy couples who aren’t monogamous, because they don’t want to be perceived as dangerous sex maniacs who are destined to divorce……..

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…..Unlike the Browns of TLC’s Sister Wives, Jaiya Ma, Jon Hanauer, and Ian Ferguson are not in a polygamous relationship. In fact, the opposite is true, as their family unit is comprised of one woman and more than one man. Nor are they polyandrous, which means a wife with two husbands, because Jaiya is married to neither man (not even “spiritually married,” like the Browns). The two male partners are allowed to have outside relationships with other women……

Anonymous asked: hotwifing ok?

Who are I to day what is or isn’t ok. I know what works for me and mine. The question you should be asking is if it works for you and yours.

With New York joining a list of states legalizing it, Republican candidates calling for the Constitution to ban it and a Supreme Court decision likely needed to resolve the confusion, it’s no wonder same-sex marriage is a hot topic.

Why are we fighting about marriage when it doesn’t work for so many of us?

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It’s spawned a VH1 show and an excuse for Tiger Woods. But some experts balk at the idea of being hooked on nooky……

Is the prospect of group marriage far-fetched? Probably not. There are several avenues that could soon lead to legal recognition of unions involving three or more people. The efforts come from the fringes of the left, from the darkest corners of the fundamentalist right, and from the laboratories of fertility clinics and hard scientists around the world……

If monogamy isn’t for you, ‘fess up. Addiction doesn’t seem like it’s the real problem…………