Thanks, macele! Everyone's input is really making a difference!

also completed the online version. Likewise if you need things answered further let me know!

1. Are you in a committed, long-term relationship?

2. Do you identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, queer, or other?

3. Are you 18-29, 30-49, or aged like a nice wine?

4. Do you identify as male, female, butch, femme, transgendered, or other?

5. If your spouse/partner would be supportive and accepting of the idea, would you (do you) explore open relationships/sex outside your primary relationship?

6. If so, why? If not, why not?


1.I am in a committed long term relationship
2 Queer

Take two...
 

1. Are you in a committed, long-term relationship?

2. Do you identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, queer, or other?

3. Are you 18-29, 30-49, or aged like a nice wine?

4. Do you identify as male, female, butch, femme, transgendered, or other?

5. If your spouse/partner would be supportive and accepting of the idea, would you (do you) explore open relationships/sex outside your primary relationship?

6. If so, why? If not, why not?

1. I am in a committed long term relationship

2. Queer

3. 45

4. Femme

5. We have an open relationship. She has her moments where she is not supportive or accepting of the idea, it's an ongoing issue that she works on, but she knew all about me before we became an *US*

6. I am poly, that's how I'm wired, even in a monogamous relationship, I'm still poly. It feels perfectly natural for me to be in love/love more than one person at a time. It feel natural to have more than one lover at a time... My philosophy that it's MY Heart, Head, Body to do with as I will and no one gets to tell me what I can do with any of the above. I worked long and hard to figure my sexuality/heart out and once I did there was a click that let me know that I got it right...

Are you in a committed, long-term relationship? No

Do you identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, queer, or other? Queer

Are you 18-29, 30-49, or aged like a nice wine? 37

Do you identify as male, female, butch, femme, transgendered, or other? Female

If your spouse/partner would be supportive and accepting of the idea, would you (do you) explore open relationships/sex outside your primary relationship?
No.

If so, why? If not, why not?
I don't share well.

1. At the moment, I am not in any kind of romantic relationship.

2. I am primarily attracted to women, although men can occasionally get my attention.

3. I am 'aged' :P

4. I am both transgendered and femme.

5. I would consider a poly relationship, but.......... any agreements that I have made with my partner would be abided by, so that may preclude that, if we have decided on monogamy.

6. I've been in a semi-open relationship before and it worked out reasonably well. The relationship ended for other reasons, however. Also, I have dated someone that was poly before, and he got me curious enough to learn more about it. So far, I like what I have seen.

Note: I just did your online questionaire as well, but this one seems to give me more scope to accurately answer your questions.

Are you in a committed, long-term relationship? Yes
Do you identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, queer, or other? Lesbian
Are you 18-29, 30-49, or aged like a nice wine? 32
Do you identify as male, female, butch, femme, transgendered, or other? Female, femme
If your spouse/partner would be supportive and accepting of the idea, would you (do you) explore open relationships/sex outside your primary relationship? No
If so, why? If not, why not? I feel that when you are truely in love with someone, there should be no need for more than her. Maybe if I wasn't so happily in love, my opinion would change. She is my everything!
Good luck!

Are you in a committed, long-term relationship? Yes
Do you identify as heterosexual, homosexual, bisexual, queer, or other?
I identify as queer, my s.o. identifies as lesbian
Are you 18-29, 30-49, or aged like a nice wine? We are both 30-49
Do you identify as male, female, butch, femme, transgendered, or other?
We both identify as female
If your spouse/partner would be supportive and accepting of the idea, would you (do you) explore open relationships/sex outside your primary relationship? We are currently in an open relationship and have been since the relationship's inception.
If so, why? If not, why not? We choose an open relationship because we are like minded in the idea humans, by nature as primates, are not monogamous. It seems that many relationships rise and fall on the issue that one of the members had sex with someone outside the primary pair bond. As if sex were the most important thing in the relationship. As if limerence did not wear off in approximately 2-3 years. (the time it takes, by the way, to rear a child out of the dangerous period of complete dependence). We decided to honorably and from the beginning create a relationship, platform of negotiation, guidelines, communication tools and openness that allowed us as individuals to express ourselves sexually, with other people within the mutually satisfying perimeters of a committed relationship.
We have been together 4 years and thus far things are working very well.
To give you some background, I have been in several open/polyamorous long term relationships and this is my partner's first.


I hope this helps your work, Laerkin. If you have any more questions feel free to PM me.

Laerkin, I completed the online survey. Is this for a Graduate degree? Please let us know your findings with this survey.

If you'd posted more information about the project, we could post your survey on