Personally I prefer to be in relationships that are monogamous and faithful. I am realistic though and know that is very unlikely here. The problem with Argentine men are they will talk about everybody elses problems and issues, but they never address their own issues or demons. They also have a hard time being very honest in general and are prone to unexpected mood swings and depression.
It's general rule here to wait until a problem is very serious to then deal with an issue, instead of working to prevent the problem or dealing with it when it's just beginning, and that same thing carries over to relationships. A good analogy for this is the smoke detector and fire extinguisher issue. In the USA, people have smoke detectors, fire drills, doors don't lock from the inside with keys usually, to plan and prevent fires or keep injuries to a minimum - here in Argentina smoke detectors are non-existant, nobody ever heard of a fire drill and doors lock from the inside with a key - however there are fire extinguishers everywhere - so in Argentina they prefer to wait for the raging flames and thick smoke and fight them back with a fire extinguisher when there is already a huge fire, while in the USA we are alerted by the smoke detectors when the problem just starts, know the escape route, and can easily open the door to get out. Here if you don't have the key you are pretty much cooked if the fire extinguishers run out and you don't find the key - see what I mean??
Personally I prefer to be in relationships that are monogamous and faithful.
A good analogy for this is the smoke detector and fire extinguisher issue. In the USA, people have smoke detectors, fire drills, doors don't lock from the inside with keys usually, to plan and prevent fires or keep injuries to a minimum - here in Argentina smoke detectors are non-existant, nobody ever heard of a fire drill and doors lock from the inside with a key - however there are fire extinguishers everywhere - so in Argentina they prefer to wait for the raging flames and thick smoke and fight them back with a fire extinguisher when there is already a huge fire, while in the USA we are alerted by the smoke detectors when the problem just starts, know the escape route, and can easily open the door to get out. Here if you don't have the key you are pretty much cooked if the fire extinguishers run out and you don't find the key - see what I mean??
exactly!! well said city Girl!!I will simply say I know many Argentine men that are faithful. I would hazard a guess that it's really not that much higher of a percentage that are unfaithful here than there are everywhere else in the world. It's just a bit more open here amongst those that are doing it.
I also know several couples that have open relationships and that works for them (they don't happen to be hetero).
ETA - I will say I know a higher percentage of men here that have more casual relationships, especially long-lasting ones than in the US (my frame of reference). They're pretty clear about not being novios or en pareja. So IMO, certainly not cheating when they see other people. I wouldn't be able to handle it but the girls they are with don't seem to be troubled by it.