Lifestyles and Relationships

[tweed13]

I wish to partner with someone, but I wouldn't want to give up the serendipitous nature of SL, where you can by chance meet someone at a dance venue perhaps and carry on a casual, semi-quasi-romantic relationship (LOL)-- not a serious, heart throbbing, head over heels, in lov (heart heart heart) relationship. Is that possible, would I be breaking any rules?

[valerie Inshan Honored Helper]

That's up to your partner and you to set up your own rules, tweed. There are no ToS for private relationships in here. And you might rather post this in the Lifestyle and Relationships Forum. Your post calls more for a discussion than an anwser.

http://community.secondlife.com/t5/Lifestyles-and-Relationships/bd-p/lifestyles_relationships

[Rolig Loon Honored Helper]

You can do anything you like.  It's your life.  Partnering in SL is part of the experience for many people, but it is not binding in any way.  As a partner, you are not entitled to any more property or priviledge than a non-partnered person has, and your partner has no more control over your property or behavior than you want to offer voluntarily.  Relationships are tricky, no matter which world you are in.  Feelings can be hurt, lives disrupted, and worse when things go wrong. The only "rules" about how to handle them in SL, however, are the ones you make for yourself.

[Ariel Vuissent Advisor]

That's up to your own moral compass - and your potential partner's. Some people would have no problem with it; others would consider it cheating. You run the risk of having your partner find out and get upset, just as might happen in RL. It depends how emotionally involved the two of you are with one another. You can do it; there's nothing in the ToS or Community Guidelines that says you can't, so it's all up to you.

[Syo Emerald Recognized Member]

You won't break LLs rules, but maybe you will break a heart. Be careful what you do and ask yourself how you want to be threatend by others.

[LoveAngeL Lyre Recognized Helper]

Hello tweed. Yes you can. Definitely up to you. Btw the way spend some time to read the TOS and Community Standards.

[Scott Giordano]

Hi tweed, you will not find anything in the TOS about rules for SL love
relationships. You have had great answers from the others. Be careful you
are in complete agreement with your partner about this. SL hearts get broken
just as RL ones...
@ LoveAngel Lyre: this is probably one of the most insensitive and pointless
reply I've ever seen here. Read the TOS? LOL!

[Scott Giordano]

Hi tweed, you will not find anything in the TOS about rules for SL love
relationships. You have had great answers from the others. Be careful you
are in complete agreement with your partner about this. SL hearts get broken
just as RL ones...
@ LoveAngel Lyre: this is probably one of the most insensitive and pointless
reply I've ever seen here. Read the TOS? LOL!

You sound like a bot.

[Bree Giffen Member]

Yes, you can be partnered and still have a relationship with someone else, in fact, you should because your partner is likely doing the same thing. It's very swinging here in SL. Just like the 70s.

[Randall Ahren Advisor]

The 70s must have been heavenly, except for the ginormous hippy bushes.