{"id":10321,"date":"2021-10-28T18:37:51","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T17:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/?p=10321"},"modified":"2021-11-22T22:15:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-22T22:15:06","slug":"polyamory-in-the-uk-is-an-end-to-marriage-near","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/polyamory-in-the-uk-is-an-end-to-marriage-near\/","title":{"rendered":"Polyamory in the UK: Is an end to marriage near?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With an increase in polyamory subscribers in the United Kingdom, the question arises – how has the happily ever after changed?<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To have a wedded soulmate, for better or worse, for richer or poorer and in sickness and health is an idea of romance many grow up with. Who hasn\u2019t thought of hot celebrities, massive crushes leading to daydreaming of happily ever-afters?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, not Kate Smurthwaite. \u201cBrad Pitt could offer me monogamy and I’d be like no, just No. Even if I lived in a town where there was only one guy, still no. My sense of freedom is more important than being in a relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polyamorous and a comedian by profession, 45-year-old Kate Smurthwaite feels that it\u2019s wrong to expect everything from one partner. Back in her 20s, Kate Smurthwaite was breaking up with actually nice people because she didn\u2019t like the idea of settling down. She liked the idea of seeing other people. \u201cI tried to get into monogamous relationships because I thought that\u2019s what you had to do but I didn\u2019t really like it. It wasn\u2019t for me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a case for marriage being an obsolete institution that has run its course for reasons of it being sexist and no longer being functional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously married and now separated, she can see herself married again to somebody who is open and wants to be chill. Marriage itself she finds as an outdated, patriarchal institution. \u201cBut given the opportunity to legally have some kind of formal relationship that is recognised in terms of carrying responsibilities, I would love to be able to have that with more than one person.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russell, who is 54 and polyamorous since 1992, also feels that the whole idea of traditional marriage where a father gives the bride to her husband is patriarchal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He is married but said that if the concept of civil partnership for heterosexual couples was available back when he got married, he would have chosen it. His wife agrees he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Polyamorous and bisexual, 24-year-old Mariel doesn\u2019t write off marriage completely either. She said she will get married to the person who is the father of her child, if that ever happens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why is there an increase in Polyamorous peoples in the UK:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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