Polyamory
Polyamoury is the philosophy/practice of being in love with more than one person at a time in an open, honest, consensual set of relationships. Everybody's got a slightly to vastly different definition. This is mine. I do *NOT* think that polyamoury (referred to herein as "poly") is for everybody. Nor do I think that there is anything wrong with monogamy. It's just not for me.
I believe that it is possible to be in love with more than one person at the same time. But, we seem to have a societal belief that one person should be able to satisfy all of our emotional needs and interests. While, in reality, many people spend years in various forms of therapy coming to grips with the fact that this is not the case. We have a divorce rate of about 50%. So the idea that 1 person is all that, for everybody seems a bit far-fetched. It's not the case for at least 50% of the people who get married!
Nor would I really want one person to be everything to me. It seems inherently unhealthy. It seems that we are trying to convince people that they do have healthy needs outside of their love relationships. If we have no friends, no family contact, nothing outside of our love relationship, we are considered unhealthy by most professionals.
Nor, however, do I believe that many, short, chaotic relationships are good for most people. And I most certainly believe that children should be sheilded from any possible chaotic instability of adult relationships. I had been dating Max for 7 months before my children met him. We'd been dating for over a year before they found out that he and I were dating.
Ok -- that being said -- I believe that it can be very healthy to be in love and involved with only one person. For some people, that is where they are happiest. For other people it is more healthy to be involved with multiple people or at least to have the freedom to do so. Some people simply are not equipped for this. Some people simply don't agree with it morally. Do what your cup of tea tells you to do. Let me do what my cup tells me.
I am not a very jealous person. I never have been. It's just not in my nature. But for more on that read my Non-Ownership Paradigm.