Ok, now that I've gone back and re-read through the nymphette's thread...

I don't think any stigma should be attached at all, to male or female, for dating or being involved with multiple people. Should being the operative word. Just through conversations and discussions, I believe stigma is attached by some, and done so more to women than men, unfair as that is. My opinion is that if all parties are accepting of multiple tangents within the relationship, and all the people involved are cognizant of each tangent, then do it and have more fun than should be had.

For me personally, I am a one-on-one type person. I can flirt around til the sun decides to stop shining, but in the way of offering it all up and being in a serious relationship, I want him and no one else and I want him to want only me. Part of that idea is based on insecurity and trust issues, if I'm being honest. The rest of it is based on me never learning to share. Not well at least. But that's my idea for myself. I don't try and force my ideals onto others and don't want others to judge me based on my beliefs about what works for me.

I have to add one more thing here. If anyone says, "well I don't like the way condoms feel, so I don't want to use them" run and run fast. Keep running and never stop. At least where that one is concerned.