Today I’m “opening-up” to this weeks prompt of “monogamy” at Wicked Wednesday . . . the popular definition of which (from Marie’s source) is: “Monogamy is a form of relationship in which an individual has only one partner during his or her lifetime or at any one time . . .”
Opening-up because, If you’ve visited me here before, you might be surprised to hear me say that I have been in a completely . . . and wonderfully fulfilling . . . monogamous relationship for over 33 years (31 of them married).
Monogamous? . . . How??? . . . when, from almost the very beginning of those 33 years, I have indulged in “extra-marital partnerships” with lots and lots of different lovers, many of whom I still regularly meet with . . . and many of whom have become wonderful friends as well as wonderful lovers.
Now I know that many people may describe the partnership I share with my Lover No.1, as an “open relationship” and completely the opposite of a monogamous relationship. But I would disagree . . .
Because . . . for me at least . . . I would define monogamy very simply as sharing absolutely everything with one special person.
And by “absolutely everything” I mean every emotion, every desire, every touch, every sensation, every want . . . and every need . . . completely and exclusively with someone in your life that you just know you would never want to be without.
So, whilst my own relationship may not match that “only-one-partner” of the conventional definition of Monogamy. . . for me, my “only-one-partner” makes for a truly Monogamous Modesty Ablaze.
And as with everything in life, I believe that every description and every convention, should have a different and entirely individual meaning for all of us.
We should all be happy to be who we are . . . and not what the conventions of society would have us be!!!
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Xxx – K