Ten Varieties of Marital Relationships

Defining monogamy and polygamy

[Monogamy

  1. Sexual fidelity of body/heart/mind to a single partner
  2. Sexual fidelity of body/heart to a single partner
  3. Sexual fidelity of body to a single partner

Polygamy

  1. Consensual sexual infidelity outside the family home.
  2. Deceitful sexual infidelity outside the family home
  3. Consensual multiple marriages inside the family home
  4. Consensual sex with family members
  5. Divorce and remarriage
  6. Multiple divorces and remarriage
  7. Unmarried sexual promiscuity