From: TURTLE              
To: DRAGONFLY           
Subject: Relationships  
Date & Time: 04/30/91 01:54:04
Message Number 16324

>If the relationship is set up with sexual fidelity in the mind of
>both partners, that's a part of the trust.
 
No shit. If I were involved in such a relationship, I would be
absolutely faithful to my partner--and I would have /no/ tolerance for
lack of faith on my partner's end. The point I am trying to make is
simply that an open relationship can work, and if your prospective
partner would like such a relationship that is not immediate grounds
for terminating all contact with that person. The attitude that a
relationship must, or even "should," be founded on sexual fidelity is
Manifest Bullshit--especially when the people involved will /claim/
that their relationship isn't based on sex while still behaving as
though it were.