I haven't read the thread but since you guys love typing so much, can somebody explain? I've never understood the whole "We're humans bro we didn't evolve to have a single partner our whole lives" thing, doesn't the fact that we have roughly 20 years of sexual maturity and it takes about 20 years for the body to reach it's physical peak run counter to that idea? Do y'all honestly think people experience jealousy over being cucked because they've been socialized to think that way? I just think open relationships or polygamy are fundamentally broken because sexual equality doesn't exist and someone in the relationship is inevitably going to catch feelings.
Isn't there some animals that mate for life ? We don't have that bit of hard coding or we broke it. I'm not sure it's the right perspective of approaching this through the reproduction imperative. Relationships or marriage has long evolved to not be all about the breeding itself (though an important part of it).
I don't know if it's natural or not (does it matter) but it's a fact of life that emotional and physical attraction can decrease or vanish, for a lot of people.
I also don't think it's inherently broken, sexual equality is a bit of a vague notion, not everyone seek the same sort of thing there. My impression though is that a healthy open relationship is more work and need everyone to be on the level in terms of communication and trust. Monogamy has simpler terms (to understand, not necessary to abide to) and it's a lot of work still. It's also easier to grok at in a material and patrimonial sense to build a commited long term relationship. I think the exclusivity and the promise of getting someone full, undivided attention, is also a pleasing one to a lot of people.
