Several Hollywood stars have recently commented on Mo'Nique's confession that she and Sidney Hicks have an open marriage. Some celebrities, Gabourey Sidibe, Mo'Nique's co-star in Precious, reacted nonchalantly. "It's not really news to have an open marriage and open communication marriage," she told Access Hollywood.

Others, like The View's Sherri Shepherd, were quick to admit that they couldn't do it. "Apparently, you don't know why I got divorced," she said. Is Mo'Nique's Open Relationship Sexist?

Whatever the case, the blogosphere is now abuzz with conversation about open marriages, which have been around for thousands of years, but have only reentered the … Read More

John Edwards. Justin Timberlake. Tiger Woods. With new stories of infidelity popping up every day, is it any wonder we sometimes feel as if we're only biding our time—stomachs clenched—until we catch our partner in the act? After all, it's inevitable. Right? 

Just last week, over at Huffington Post, Jay Michaelson put the question to his readers: Is monogamous marriage an anomaly? He then reviewed the history of marriage: "Truly traditional marriage, after all, is polygamy. This is what the Bible instructs, and it's been the dominant familial arrangement in the Western world for longer than … Read More

It's Friday, the interwebs have been throwing strikes all week. Here's the best they had to offer on love and relationships:

Our buddies at The Frisky found a pair of New Yorkers living in a stressful position: 175 square feet. The married couple (and 2 cats) has my sympathy. Check out this vid from Geico and be glad if you don't have to live in NYC or a house built for Hobbits.

Lemondrop's Phil Williams talks about what makes him a bad boyfriend. I'm a bad boyfriend too, Phil, but it's mostly because I say, "bo-ring" during Read More

Pinkee here~ I jotted this down one day as a topic and just came across it again recently. These days, I think it’s more of a decision than it used to be. In the past, folks didn’t even wonder whether they should. They just did it. And I sure know a lot of them that later regretted it, got divorced, and/or stayed in an unhappy marriage.
So, given the above and our recent Booty Doctors discussions about the likelihood that monogamy is a socially constructed (and not a natural) thing, I suggest that the decision be more of WHETHER to marry, … Read More

We all know at least one person who always has a significant other, even immediately after a breakup. Lately I’ve noticed that serial monogamy—leaping from one exclusive relationship to the next—has become a more popular and accepted dating trend among my friends and acquaintances. Why?

According to Psychology Today, serial monogamists usually believe in some kind of ideal love and in the importance of commitment to one partner, but keep a safe distance from the idea that true love should happen only once in a lifetime. Why chain ourselves to one Prince Charming when we can find a new one as … Read More

The first time we met The Ashley Madison Agency was on network television during a commercial break. Amidst jingles for fabric softener and liquid eyeliner, the booming phrase "Life is too short. Have an affair!" jerked us into consciousness. Life is too short? Have an affair? Is this cheating or a second helping of dessert? Cheating Keeps Us Together

We've written about The Ashley Madison Agency—a dating site for itchy married folks—and have always meant to check it out for giggles. After all, what kind of person advertises his/her infidelity online? Are they … Read More

If you're on the fence as to whether or not you believe men enjoy monogamy than please, please, please read no further. If you'd like to continue on an idyllic thought path that married, monogamous sex remains hot after years of marriage then we suggest you shut your browser and watch The View. Monogamy Is Good, And It's Here To Stay

Psychologist and author, Christopher Ryan is what we could call a true believer that monogamy doesn't make biological sense. At one point on his blog for PsychologyToday.com he compares married couples to siblings and … Read More

NPR.com published an article a few days ago titled, "Sex Without Intimacy: No Dating, No Relationships" and as the headline suggests, it's another one of these "think pieces" where we're all supposed to analyze whether or not stable, long-term, monogamous relationships are on the way out due to our degenerate bed-hopping. Sex Prevents ED

Those are our words and not theirs, but whenever we read one of these it's always the same thing: a.) kids are very into casual sex b.) nobody goes on traditional "dates" anymore c.) but what does … Read More

Love Bytes: three must-click sex, dating and relationship links. Four percent of women would go without sex to have an "awesome" Valentine's Day. Wow. [NY Post] This woman dated a guy who was saving himself for marriage. [Lemondrop]

It was the question that I least expected to ask at the beginning of a relationship, right after, "So, when do I meet your folks?" But I couldn't stop myself. "Ummmm ... are you a virgin?" I braced myself for outraged denial, a snort or maybe even an "I'll show you a virgin!" followed by a passionate clinch. I wasn't … Read More

Hey monogamous couples! Getting bored with your sex life? Love U shows you how to spice up your monogamy with 3 helpful tips. Move to the head of the class with Love U, YourTango's hall of higher learning about love and relationships. Host Tiffany Smith teaches the one class where you will actually enjoy the homework. http://www.yourtango.com Distributed by Tubemogul.