that's why every relationship should define it's own rules. There are levels of openness and I think what we're calling "open relationship" here is nothing more than one of the extremes of openness. The other extreme is: "in our relationship, not only can we not have sex or date other people, but you cannot dance/be friends with/ make any eye contact with the opposite sex". Extreme.

Maybe snowboarders like these extreme relationships too....

In any case..that's a good point about why call it a relationship at all. We're caught up in definitions. How are civil unions different form marriage?

I digress.

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