This troper has had only 2 relationships. The first one ended after several months an no sex, the second, she lost her virginity in 2 weeks. She regrets nothing, and is now quite slutty, but only with other singles in a consensual environment, and friends with benefits as long as no party develops an emotional attraction.

This troper finds this an apt description. Growing up, he was a bit of a prude, and he's been making up for lost time in the last five years or so. His only rules are, everything is on the table honestly, his actual significant others need to approve, and it has to be someone he likes well enough that he would also enjoy playing TabletopGames with them. Although the last one is mostly self-enforcing.

It describes This Troper, too.

This troper is something of a variation. She's got no problem in polyamory, casual sex, or the like, but knows her own limits and that she's not emotionally comfortable with sleeping with a person she's not currently dating. Or, for that matter, actually ''being'' in a polyamorous relationship. It ''can'' work, but I'm a bit too much of the jealous type to make an effort.

Seconded by this troper. I have no moral problem with most kinds of consensual sex, but just don't think I would like to engage in most of them, including polyamory and casual sex. I've got the ethical part down, just not the slut part.

Same here. I spend time with a lot of radical-queer activists. Many of them are polyamorous/non-monogamous, and while I consider myself sex-positive and have nothing wrong with the Ethical Slut lifestyle, I know it's not for me. I know I'd be far too jealous to be in an open relationship, and I have an extremely low sex drive in the first place.

This troper fits this trope pretty well. I tell women I don't believe in monogamy and will be taking other partners ''the moment they first show any signs of interest'', and warn them to be on their way if they don't want an open relationship. However, this is more of a personal security measure to eliminate Yanderes from my life than a matter of ethics. "Ethical" enters into things because if someone is already in a relationship and it's NOT an open one, '''I don't go there'''. I have no interest in breaking up a marriage, even if marriage is a choice I wouldn't make myself.

Ethics is the philosophical study of right and wrong. It is not itself right. An ethical slut is somebody who has a moral philosophy where "slutty" behavior is good. Your assertion that you don't incite others to be immoral doesn't make you ethical. It merely makes you "good" in ethical systems where honesty is considered a virtue greater than pleasure (like modern morality). But KnightTemplar and OmnicidalNeutral people are no less ethical, assuming they think about what they are doing. They're just immoral, whereas you are not (by modern standards). That said, you still fit the trope.

This Troper to a T. I have six lovers (four male, two female) and am always looking for more. But everyone knows about everyone else (sometimes they play together, too), I'm upfront about my polyamory to any possible new lovers, and I refuse to "cheat" (that is, have relations without running it by my other lovers first). And like the troper above, I refuse to have relations with someone if that, to their other lover, would be cheating.

This troper happens to be entirely one of these. I make no secret about my desire and willingness to have open relationships. But I won't screw anyone without them wanting it, and if they say no, I drop it.

This Troper, of the GoodBadGirl variety. I have no problem wih open relationships or casual sex, but despise cheating or hurting others in any other way. I also have a not-entirley-unjustified reputation of ReallyGetsAround, but hey; it's all in the name of having a good time and no-one gets hurt, so what's the problem?

This troper has an internet friend who goes by this exact label, taken from the book of the same title. She's promiscuous (though still discriminating, and never when in a relationship) and proud of it. She is also hot as all hell, and this troper is '''so pissed''' that he didn't meet her when she was single.

This Troper and his boyfriend's relationship eventually grew to a somewhat open one. We have a few conditions (be honest, be safe) but have been quite free otherwise. In addition, in this troper's circles, open relationships are semi-common. Some of them are genuinely based on mutual love, trust and respect, others are at the heart of DysfunctionJunction.

This Troper is in the odd situation of being in a ''theoretically'' open relationship. We've been happily and monogamously married for seven years, but we've talked about it and agreed that it wouldn't be a problem, so long as it was all honest and above-board. Honestly, we're just too busy with work and childcare. She's bisexual, I'm bi-curious. Funnily enough, we have a friend who's in an open marriage, and who my wife fancies like hell, but one of ''his'' rules is that he doesn't hook up with his friends.

Though not personally the most sexual person around, this troper believes fully in the Ethical Slut philosophy. Hurray for utilitarian hedonism.