Open Relationships

I love relationships, partially because it means sex pretty much whenever, but because there SHOULD be a connection between you and someone else that no one else has. To me, there are three parts to a relationship: sexual, personal, and emotional. No, I don't consider personal and emotional the same thing.
Personal are things that are between just you and your partner. I don't care if it's as simple as a nickname, a memory, or an inside joke, if your partner doesn't reveal a part of themselves to you that no one else sees, there's a problem. in an open relationship, you may fuck two other girls, and I may fuck two other guys, but you're the only person I go on dates with, and call you "Babe" or whatever I may call you.
Emotional is the most important part to me. I've been in amazing open relationships. I don't care if, when I'm not around (because of distance, or I'm just too lazy to drive to see you) you have a side chick that I know about (as long as she's clean, obviously). I don't need to know who she is, or anything, but if you fuck with her, it's fine, just tell me. As long as it goes both ways. For the most part, if I'm with someone, I'm with them. Even in open relationships, I'm least likely to be fucking anyone but you, the option should still be there, though, same as you. What's really important is the emotional part. I should be the one you confide in, the one to get goodmorning texts, and what not. What makes a relationship special is the fact that you share a part of yourself with your partner that no one else sees.
Now to the sexual... needless to say, sexual is VERY important to me. I like sex. I like morning sex, pre-lunch sex, post-lunch sex, mid afternoon sex, pre-dinner sex, post-dinner sex, late evening sex, bedtime sex, and spontaneous middle of the night sex. What makes it different in an open relationship, for me, is that you can fuck your CLEAN sides if you want, but I'm the one who sleeps in your bed, and vice versa. I don't sleep over at fuck buddies house's, nor do I invite them the sleep over at mine. I usually don't really kiss fuck buddies, either.
So, what was my best relationship? An open relationship two years ago. Because he moved so far away, we both had someone we fucked, but we weren't "seeing other people". That's polygamy. He was the only person I called every night, and only person I texted all day. He was the only person to see my nudes, and vice versa. I may have fuck another guy once or twice a month, but he was the only person I made love with. When I fucked someone else, it was always just that. There was very little conversation, and it was usually arranged in advance. I'd text him, ask him if he wanted to come over and "watch a movie" and that was that. Afterwards, I'd get dressed, say I needed to go out for a cigarette, and once outside, ask him where he parked. Done.
What was amazing was when my now ex-boyfriend came to visit. We'd normally get a nice hotel room in the city for a night, and it was amazing. We'd have dinner in the city, take some back to the hotel, and from 7pm, to 12pm the next day, we'd just be having amazing, passionate, rough sex. He was as much of a freak as me, so we went all out. Rope, wax, handcuffs... everything. It was amazing.
I miss that. I miss that a lot.