re: Mark Dice: CNN endorsed open marriages as “healthy”

Most “open marriages” I know eventually failed, mainly because people get too attached to their side piece.

The ones where hubby gets caught balling an underage chick are also common.

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Loss of the nuclear family = downfall of America

Can be overwhelming contributed to divorce.

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Divorce and pre-/extra-marital sex. Imagine, as a thought experiment, how many problems would be solved if sex only within a marriage and commitment to marriages were, once again, a standard or goal promoted throughout society. STDs go away, children all born to nuclear families, increased wealth, etc.

The ones I am thinking of were troubled before getting opened. It was their way of spicing things up while staying together.

Didn’t quite work out that way.

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How can you ever trust a motherfricker who cheats on his or her spouse?

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Is it cheating if they know about it?

IMO, the true level of commitment and love required to fuel a happy marriage is simply not conducive to open marriage. Once one, or both, begin to have extramarital affairs, the insecurity and destabilization begins. No matter how "open-minded" these people are, they are human.

My wife and I have been together for 24 years, married for nearly 22. I know that we have both been faithful to each other, and that makes a big difference. If I found out tomorrow that she had sex with another man, it would effectively be over. I would expect her reaction to be the same if I had sex with another woman. We are not selfish, we are loyal to each other and our vows, because we are still in love after all this time.

I am not only committed to my wife and children, I am committed to the idea of having a healthy, loving family and a healthy marriage. My grandparents had these kinds of marriages. I didn't learn it from my parents' generation.

fricking gross. So your aunt's a necrophiliac??

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No. Why would little Johnny at 6 years old trying to understand why he has two different men plowing his mom be better than a single nuclear family?

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Where did I say it was better?

I'm not willing to share my wife with anyone. If you are OK with your spouse fricking other people you need mental help.

people have long forgot that marriage means sacrifice.
our society has become selfish and self serving. when those people get married and aren't willing to sacrifice anything and everything for the one they pledged their love to. it's never going to work long term.

The love, honor and respect part of wedding vows was put in there for a reason. If someone is banging others with or without the consent of their spouse, they aren't honoring or respecting them. I don't know how they could really be loving them either although everybody's definition is different I suppose.