I'll look into the clicker technique more in depth. Heard of it, it sounds like a lot of fun.
I'm 28, and I grew up and live in Spain, but I've been to other places. I doubt the culture surrounding me has had a strong effect on my world view (other than the culture that surrounds me by choice). I'm highly critical of societal norms and strive to pursue my own superior values, whether these coincide or not with common understanding. I'm a highly rational person; a good brief description I like of my personality is (although a disputable assessment) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator's INTJ. I understand the priceless value of empathy & legitimize or ignore my emotions through logic / valid reasoning, without which I would not be able to function properly.
So far I have seen this type of personality or manner of approaching life is not common in women, for whatever reasons. Women are more complex.
This is the thing, it can be utterly true for you that open relationships are the only way to go while being utterly true for me that monogamous relationships are the only way to go. And also utterly true that one or both of us may totally reverse our position at some point in the future.
I suspect we have very different experiences and backgrounds. We don't operate in exactly the same world as each other. I'm thinking that you are male and I'm female. Men and women are socialised totally differently and that must have an impact. I'd guess too that we are different ages. I'm 41. How old are you? I think you are in the US? I grew up in Scotland. Our cultures are similar but not exactly the same.
These things can shift people's world views sufficiently that very different conclusions can be drawn about the same world.
I'm 28, and I grew up and live in Spain, but I've been to other places. I doubt the culture surrounding me has had a strong effect on my world view (other than the culture that surrounds me by choice). I'm highly critical of societal norms and strive to pursue my own superior values, whether these coincide or not with common understanding. I'm a highly rational person; a good brief description I like of my personality is (although a disputable assessment) Myers-Briggs Type Indicator's INTJ. I understand the priceless value of empathy & legitimize or ignore my emotions through logic / valid reasoning, without which I would not be able to function properly.
So far I have seen this type of personality or manner of approaching life is not common in women, for whatever reasons. Women are more complex.