"We're facing some different trends that are happening in the aggregate," she says. "This is why we get all of those memes about when a man wants to have sex with his wife ... Maybe I'll get lucky tonight, right? Like we have this in the zeitgeist that somehow the woman doesn't want to make love to her husband." After eight years of polyamory, it was 'the pain and torture of knowing that your sweetheart, the one that you love, is just as free to go out and be with another man as you are free to be with another woman'
The Minimalists speak with Aubrey Marcus about relationship structures, commitment, marriage, open relationships, and more! Watch all 3 hours of episode 385 on The Minimalists Private Podcast.
Discussed in this episode:
How is nonmonogamy related to minimalism? (02:12)
What challenges have people experienced in nonmonogamous relationships? (12:29)
How do people thrive in nonmonogamous relationships? (16:19)
How do we create a healthy balance between giving and receiving love? (19:31)
What is “compersion”? (21:34)
What is “kitchen-table polyamory”? (22:55)
How is suffering contagious? (28:11)
What is “tantric technology”? (31:57)
How do we open ourselves up more for love? (34:58)
Do definitions obscure more than they clarify? (40:01)
How do you broach the possibility of nonmonogamy with a long-term monogamous partner? (45:16)
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