Throughout the centuries the core of relationships has remained pretty much the same: a loving commitment between two individuals who promised to love each other and share their lives till their deaths (this is the most romanticized version of relationships, I know).
If we go back in time, a loving relationship was only shared, publicly, between a man and a woman and when they got married the wife became the husband’s property. We can also discuss the arranged marriages which main purpose was to economically or politically benefit the families, but I am focusing on loving relationships between 2 individuals. Nowadays we see all different types of relationships: straight, gay, lesbian, transgender, etc. They might look different on a first glance but if there’s love the roots remain the same: loving one another so much they need to be together and vow to forever be together.
However a new type of relationships has become more “popular” over the past years: Open relationships. We have been hearing more about this, either portrayed on film or even among some of our friends. But how can we describe them?
