Cohousing-L Mailing List: Romance and Sex in CoHousing

[Joaniblank (Joaniblank]

Hi, Everyone, 

No, I didn't give give this posting that title just to be provocative. I am
really interested in discussing how being in cohousing impacts romantic and
sexual relationships for better and for worse. How do coho groups deal with
new relationships forming and old ones breaking up within the group? What
about issues relating to openness about sexuality (I mean talking openly
about it.) Have any groups, especially those in hot tub country, have any
issues to deal with around nudity? How do groups deal with the fact that
children in our communities come from families with diverse values about
sexuality? How are relations in your groups between straight people and
gay/lesbian/bi folks? Does anyone have difficulty with the sexstyles of their
neighbors, and if so, what do you do about it?

[I do request that you be as open as you please about yourself in this
discussion, but please do not breach the privacy of others. If you want to
give examples, please disguise people's identity sufficiently to protect
their confidentiality. And if anyone wants to be more explicit, please
correspond further by private e-mail.

I'll kick this off by mentioning a concern I have right now. I am a collector
of the photography of Jan Saudek, a contemporary Czech photographer some of
whose work is quite erotic/explicit. How do I handle the community's children
potentially running through my house, which I want them to be comfortable
doing?

I am very new to this Mailing List, so I don't know if any these issues are
of interest or have been discussed. If they have will someone tell me how to
find these discussions in the archive. Thanks