“ The institution of marriage is simply too far out of sync with the realities of human relationships. ”
from Steve Pavlina, the goofy advice-dealing-self-help-guru-whose-ideas-often-make-too-much-sense. He has recently decided, with the agreement of his wife of over a decade, to begin living a polyamorous lifestyle — one that lets a person grow emotionally and physically intimate with many partners.
He makes a good point about traditional marriage in the (long) article. Scroll to the “Monogamy” and “Marriage” subheads to read a bit more about it.
One thing I find especially interesting about this whole new life goal of his is that he refuses to make any deeper connection between polyamory and polygamy. But there is a pretty strong similarity between the two; in fact, his very own words expose it. He believes traditional marriage is “out of sync with the realities of human relationships,” and because the “marriage” part of polygamy is the only major thing separating it from polyamory, in his mind, there really isn’t much difference between the two.
This should be fun to watch. While you wait for the drama to unfold, you must read his series of posts on his experience with polyphasic sleeping — they’re fascinating and very well-written.
