Do Nonmonogamous Relationships Work?

The times are changing.  People are becoming increasingly liberal involving their relationships and sexual partners.  Society is becoming more accepting.  More and more people are entering consensual nonmonogamous relationships, relaionships where both partners agree to be nonmonogamous with one another.  Common forms of nonmonogamous relationships are orgies, open relationships, open marriages, swinging, and polygynandry.  An orgie is an act of group sex.  People involved in an orgie can be either single or in a relationship.  Open relationships and marriages allow either partner to have sexual partners outside of their own marriage.  Swinging is similar to an open marriage, but takes place in a more planned out environment between couples.  Polygynandry is a group marriage, in which the members of the relationship live together and consider themselves to be all married to one anotether.  We see examples of nonmonogamous relationships through various media outlets, and many of us may know someone, or have been someone in a relationship such as this.  Change is good, right?  Yet, people are also getting divorced at a higher rate, and interpersonal relationships as a whole seem much less solid.

So, do nonmonogamous relationships work?  Can they work?
(Keep in mind, I'm not refering to those who live so because of their religion.)

Megan Boyer