The Durability Of Polyamorous Relationships

According to some, polyamorous marriages are likely to experience more fractures and difficulties than monogamous ones.  It is hardly abnormal for the concept of polyamorous relationships to be viewed with suspicion, loathing, or fear in a largely monogamous culture.  Some might feel threatened by the mere thought that polyamory is perhaps a legitimate approach to romantic and sexual relationships, since such a thing, if true, would feed their own subjective feelings of insecurity.  This insecurity makes their opposition of polyamory seem righteous.

It becomes clear, upon examination, that the arguments against polyamory are nothing but arbitrary condemnations originating from conscience or societal conditioning.  There are many straw man representations of non-monogamous lifestyles, which sometimes even fail to distinguish between open marriages and polyamorous marriages featuring lifelong commitment.  Many charges against polyamory, like the claim that it is not conducive to lasting relationships, are nothing but empty accusations meant to demonize what the accusers do not understand.

There is nothing about a polyamorous relationship that is naturally weaker or less sincere than a strictly monogamous relationship.  After all, relationships last or dissolve because of how the individuals involved handle them, not because the people in the relationships have one spouse or multiple spouses.  How many monogamous relationships end due to selfishness?  Being monogamous in no way grants one's relationship a special preservative power.  It is also true that being polyamorous in no way sets up an inevitable relationship failure.

If Western society ceased its misunderstanding of polyamory, people with the suitable personalities would feel able to acknowledge and act upon polyamorous desires.  In such a scenario, observers would be able to see that there is nothing dangerous about merely allowing those with a natural gravitation towards multiple spouses to live in accordance with that gravitation.  Polyamorous marriages are not inherently plagued with difficulties, and monogamous marriages are not inherently stable.  It takes only a few moments of deductive reasoning to discover both of these truths.