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In Response To… An Open Marriage… don’t even think about it?
comedian Mo’Nique and her husband Sidney had an open marriage. But now she’s told the whole world about it.Here’s a quote that Mo’Nique gave the New York Times:
“When I said I had an open marriage, people automatically jumped to sex. They automatically went there. But I’ve been best friends with my husband since we were 14 years old. When we say open, we’re very honest. There are no secrets. Oftentimes you have people that are married, but they’re strangers, and we refuse to be those people.”
[If Sydney had sex with another woman] it’s not a deal breaker. It’s not something that will make us say, ‘Oh, we’ve got to go to divorce court,’ because we’re very real people and we understand what’s for us. It doesn’t work for everybody. I’ve had to sneak and I’ve had to lie, and I don’t want to do that any more. But my husband is so awesome and so fine and so—oh, girl. … No other man can compare.”
You know what - as crazy as this may sound - it actually works for some people. Wyclef and his wife have an open relationship and they’ve been together for more than 10 years. And look at the wonders that it’s done for Bill and Hillary…
January 30th, 2008 at 12:34 pm
People need to get out of the bedrooms of other people! If two people decide that they want an open marriage then that is their decision. I can’t define what makes a marriage for other people. Open marriages are no “lesser than” other marriages. What matters is that both parties define their unique marriage situation and than stick to what they agreed to!
January 30th, 2008 at 12:51 pm
People would not be in others bedroom, if they didn’t put their business in the media. Monique has no business discussing what goes on between her and her husband. The only thing we need to her from her are jokes
January 30th, 2008 at 1:12 pm
How are people in another persons bedrooom if that person is telling everyone what they do, nobody asked. They put their bedroom business out there. It’s still adultery and everyone will have to answer to God one day. I’m sure it may work for some people, but I know it wouldn’t work for me.
January 30th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I definately agree. What ever floats your boat….
January 30th, 2008 at 2:55 pm
I definately agree. What ever floats your boat….
February 1st, 2008 at 10:41 am
I think that when we take vows, we promise to be honest and true to eachother. We promise to be faithful wether in a religious or civil ceremony. What makes it OK to break the “rule” or vow just because both people agree? Why bother getting married at all if it is going to be “open”? You say that their are “rules” in an open marriage? If you are breaking a wedding vow, then you are already breaking a rule. Wether you both agree to break the rule or not. Is it OK to drink and drive as long as your spouse agrees to it? A rule is a rule. I don’t think that you can live your life deciding what rules are OK to break and what rules are not. Bringing your spouse in on the act just makes two rule breakers, and if you break one rule what makes you think that it won’t be OK to break other rules? If you tell people that you are open marriage, then that gives them the right to comment and judge. As far as telling people to stay out of your bedroom, aren’t the open marriage people already inviting others into it?
February 1st, 2008 at 2:58 pm
What’s the point of an open marriage? So you can have permission to screw whoever you want and still come back home? If you still want to hoe around then obviously you aren’t marriage material.
February 4th, 2008 at 10:51 am
I can’t understand. If you still feel the need to sleep around, why do you want to be married? What does the marriage stand for?