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[quote=Anonymous]I used to be in a social circle where there was a ton of cheating and relationship drama. Several open relationships (which inevitably led to jealous and drama, by the way -- it is not the "free love" situation people try to convince you it is) plus some really alarmingly awful behavior between people who were exes.

My DH and I collectively made the decision to remove ourselves from that group. The drama was tiresome, but we also just wanted to be around people who shared our values and attitudes about marriage. We had previously taken a more "live and let live" attitude because we're very liberal and think the way people organize their relationships is their business. We still believe that to a great extent (certainly I don't care what consenting adults do with one another). But I now see how certain behaviors -- cheating for sure, but also just a level of casualness about long-term and live-in relationships -- impact the entire community. Sex is one thing, but if one of your friends is regularly disrespecting their partner, who is also your friend, it becomes untenable.

So now, I would say none. There might be shenanigans going on, but I would be surprised and saddened to hear it, which is how it should be. In our old social circle, people would have viewed something like that as just juicy gossip. Depressing.[/quote]

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