Is it true that an open relationship will bring a couple closer together? In an open relationship a couple makes an agreement to allow each other to be sexual with other people. Many people are starting to realize that the idea that having sex with another person doesn't have to be a relationship ending tragedy. the idea of expecting ones partner to never have sex with anyone else ever again is an out dated concept.

In an this kind of arrangement both couples are still able to live out fantasies with other people and the fear of cheating no longer exists. No more worrying about whether the other person is being faithful, it's no longer an issue.

Despite the advantages to an open relationship there are often problems that arise such as jealousy and insecurity. Maintaining this level of freedom will require an exceptional couple. Since jealousy and insecurity are likely to arise in most people does that mean that the open relationship idea is flawed? I say not. I say the problem is that too many people have a problem with jealousy and insecurity.

A traditional closed relationship provides the illusion of a sense of security that allows people to keep their "issues" of jealousy and insecurity inside. But when you take away that sense of security and allow people to make their own free choices these "issues" are forced to come out to the surface where they will have to be dealt with if the relationship is to be maintained. On the surface this may sound like a bad thing but it actually gives people the opportunity to grow and overcome their own weaknesses and mature.

With most people, facing their own weakness is too much so they give in to their weaknesses. It is then that they blame and end the open relationship. If individuals can become evolved enough to maintain an open relationship and take care of these "issues" they become more suitable and attractive as mates. At this point a couple is able to break down their barriers and become truly close and intimate. It's at this point that a couple in an open relationship will become so close that they will likely become more monogamous than most people in supposedly closed relationships.

Beneficial open relationships are not for everyone. They require a special kind of person. Do you think you might be one of them?