I replied earlier to Regal Tiger because I think his specific phrasing of option 4 was the right phrasing. Troy, I think you've added: "You set the expectation with your main girl that you will occasionally sleep with new women." I personally, actually, wouldn't add this.
Yes I did change the wording up a little bit based on my interpretation when I added Regal Tiger's response as option 4. The reason for this is for it to match the speaking tense of the other 3 options of "you". Also, I interpreted it from my moral standpoint that Regal Tiger was talking about setting the expectations "of course he told her he would sleep with other women". (To each his own on morals, no judgment there).
(Obviously, it could be another option, option 5 say, but in that case I wouldn't want to choose it.)
I guess it could go as option 5 yes.
Let's go back to what Regal Tiger said and my interpretation.
4. Hook up here and there but eventually finding a girl who will be sexually and emotionally loyal to me whereas I'm only emotionally loyal to her. Continuing to hook up when freebies fall in my lap or if the main ever tries to use sex as a weapon
@Just a Man From my understanding, the way a woman would be both sexually and emotionally loyal to her man whereas he is only emotionally loyal to her is if:
1. The woman sees this man as high value. He is the best man in the city/state/e.t.c.. He most likely has some social proof from other women vying to be his girlfriend/wife. And so this woman decides to make a trade-off. She accepts her man sleeping with other women. While her trade-off is she gets to be the housewife:
- nice house
- high-end luxury vehicles she can drive whenever she wants,
- vacation to exclusive and expensive spots worldwide
- access to networks that her husband owns (without him she would not have access)
-e.t.c.
2. The man is cheating
He cannot tell his woman that he sleeps with other women. And I know this is a part of my reply that some guys may not like. However here is the truth, if a man cannot tell a woman he wants to sleep with other women, he is not being honest. It doesn't mean he has to come home and pull out his dick and tell his girlfriend/wife "I slept with Kiesha before I got home babe". He doesn't have to put it in her face so to speak and make her jealous.
As men, this is where we have to be honest with ourselves. I can understand why some women have the perception that some men are "fuckboys" or "cheaters" or "liars". The reality is if it has to be hidden from the woman, then I think it's best to find a different woman or set the expectation early in the relationship. I'm doing my best in this reply to be 100% fair to both men and women on this topic.
Here are a couple of things to think about:
- If a woman asks her man one day "are you cheating on me, babe?". Should the man look in her eyes and lie?
- If a guy came home one day from work and found his girl with another dude's dick in her mouth and cum all over her face... should he get upset at her? Remember in this situation, the woman has the impression that the guy is loyal to her. However, the guy is also sneaking around and sleeping with other women. Hence both of them would be the same thing, cheaters. Should the guy get upset at her for what she did? If the answer is "yes I would get upset", then that's a hypocritical answer. From a moral standpoint, the guy did not tell her that he was cheating, so her doing the same thing, would not make sense to be upset at her either.
3. The woman cheats as well (and she keeps it a secret from her man)
Some women will know their man is sleeping with other women. And in turn, they will have side dudes they fuck as well. So it is possible for the man to think "oh my woman is a pure angel sexually devoted to me only". When that is not the case.
There are statistics out there that most men get caught cheating because the side chicks wanted to become the main girl and because she could not get it, she snitched. Meanwhile, most women who are cheating won't be caught because men don't think like women. We just want to fuck. So if a woman does not want to be our girlfriend/wife, men are not going to snitch and tell the husband.
4. Expectations were set early in the relationship
In my opinion, this is the best option. As Regal Tiger said (below)
You'd be surprised what women are willing to go with. Especially if they're invested in a relationship
But also to clear any miscommunications; I do have this talk with women after around 2-3 months. I used to do open relationships both ways but it's not for me, now I'm doing one-way monogamy.
I think this is the best option. To be transparent. That will remove the following:
- Not having to lie or do sneaky things to sleep with other women
- Have the woman agree to the relationship dynamic (whether this is possible or not, some guys may want to debate it, feel free to.)
- By being honest, I do think it would keep the woman's feelings in check later in the relationship. If the man continues to be strong and attractive, the woman may very well remain monogamous to her man... even though she is 100% aware he sleeps with other women.
5. She has low self-esteem and is desperate for any male attention.
It happens I guess as
@topcat explained in his post above.
That's my take. Anyhow, I will keep the poll on the topic. Good discussion
@Just a Man
Troy