And that means considering all forms of love.
It is very important to get rid of prejudice, criticism and seek to understand the reasons and the right that each one has to make choices for their life. There is an old and very true saying that is used when it comes to prejudice: "Whoever has a glass roof shouldn't throw stones at the neighbor's roof". This means that we are not alone in life, we have children, brothers, cousins ​​and any one of us is subject to having in our circle of relationships people who have different forms of love than ours. And that doesn't make anyone better or worse, good or bad. We are all still people with different ways of living life.
In the old days, when talking about love, one imagined a woman and a man who completed each other to be happy forever. That was the idea of ​​romantic love, of two halves coming together with the responsibility of making the other happy. Over time, we begin to understand that one person does not complete the other, that we are not a half, but a complete and whole being, that we can join another whole being and be happy together or apart. This type of relationship used to happen between people who made a heterosexual choice.
Today, other forms of affective relationships are appearing, such as homosexual, open, virtual, polyamory, among others.
It is up to us to get to know each one of them, because they are already part of the daily lives of the younger generations.
In Spain, since May 2011, the same rights granted to stable unions between a man and a woman are also granted to homosexual relationships.
And what is the difference between an open relationship and polyamory?
In an open relationship people are open to dating someone they are interested in. It is considered that there is no betrayal because there is no exclusivity. While people might think this type of relationship is a “mess”, there are rules to follow and there is also commitment.
Polyamory is a type of relationship where three or more people relate to each other with the knowledge and consent of all. Both open relationships and polyamory are opposed to monogamy.
And now? How to live with all this diversity of relationships?
Jean-Paul Sartre says that “this is living: balancing, all the time, between choices and consequences”.
I would say that it is very important that we take the moment to reflect, because new models are being formed. It is necessary to seek to understand the differences and changes that are taking place without prejudice and judgment and remember that we all make our choices and we can adapt or not to the choices made. One thing can be very good for one person and not for the other. We are going through a transition and, at that time, nothing better than reflection. So, good thoughts to all and May love be the feeling that permeates everyone's life, thoughts and actions.
And as Lulu Santos says:
“And people live together
and we get along well
We don't wish harm on almost anyone.
And we go to fight
And know the pain
We consider every form of love fair.”
