But women aren't required to get married. I think the institute of marriage as we know it is going to die out well before any of this comes to the forefront of modern politics. I really hope for the sake of people who enjoy having a single partner that polyamory doesn't become something super fashionable. There'll be a great deal of fights about it, and it'll always play out like "You cheated on me!" "No I didn't I'm just polyamorous!" If I don't have to pay a significant increase in taxes though, I really don't care. There were groups of kids back when I was in high school who sort of had a weird hybrid polyamorous relationship circle going on where the same like....3 guys dated the same 3 girls. It was weird, but if I don't have to pay for their shit I don't care if they shit on each other in unison.
The idea that it will always play out like that is ridiculous, and has little to do with polyamorous relationships. In order to be in a polyamorous relationship all parties have to know, thus what your talking about is actually just someone using a poor excuse for cheating on what was supposedly a monogamous relationship. As someone who twice now has thought he had a second wife (relationships my wife and I had with women that each lasted about a year each) I just don't think this is really a huge issue. Mostly because relationships with more then 2 people living together is incredibly hard to maintain, and most people have little interest in doing so. It takes some severely non-jealous people, and most people just don't have the emotional architecture to do it.... as it isn't exactly like there is a guide book for atypical relationships of the sort... far from it. When me and my wife had our last girlfriend, the one really big issue was immigration. Immigrating together as a married couple would have been easy, but our girlfriend would have had a much more difficult time. It turns out her alcoholism wreaked the relationship (she was not a happy drunk... far from it) before any of that mattered. We're still looking for another partner... and if we find one I have no problems with getting a lawyer and making sure he/she has as many legal rights that marriage would grant drawn up as possible. I just don't know if society is set up for the logistics of this, and it seems like something that would have more interest from companies/organizations to exploit... then actual romantic relationships. I feel for people who would like to have their decades long committed relationships involving more then 2 people legally recognized... I REALLY seriously do... but I just think the tiny fraction of humanity that would benefit isn't worth the complete rethinking of legal and judicial presidents that would have to happen first. Otherwise it would just be too easily exploited by people, likely more commonly then anything else. Anyway. I hate the negativity associated with bigamy in general though. My wife is bisexual and would never feel a relationship with just a guy would satisfy her completely. Tons of modern liberal people think I'm really cool for accepting that, and not being jealous of her having a girlfriend. But be awesome enough to her girlfriends that they want to have a committed long term relationship with me as well... Instantly I'm a bad guy and objectify women or I'm just using them or something of the sort.... it's insanity. Maybe the guy that has a few girls following him around got in that position precisely because he DOESN'T objectify them.... doesn't that make more sense?
Great deal and always are two very different words with very different meanings and implications. Also remember I am not talking about bigamy in general, but what would be a semi-logical conclusion to a world where it becomes fashionable. People have the capacity to do shit just to be viewed as hip, and they've done it for anything considered a fringe group since fringe groups have existed. Briefly wrapping things up before work, but I'd not be comfortable with my girlfriend or wife being with anyone else, regardless of gender. That's a personal choice on my end, and if other people are okay with it that's fine, but I don't aspire to any other types of relationships. Its still cheating, guy or girl, and it still breaks trust. Neither option in this world is right or wrong on a moral scale, just a personal one.