RE: "Would you please go hug on the hottie in the basement? She needs some extra love today."

I love this about the relationship; if people can be open and honest all those in the relationship can feel safe and validated.
Think about it, if the third person can keep the primary relationship stable they can hook up with anyone they care to, whereas the two principles in the main relationship are exclusive to each other...
Women = females traditionally have been isolated and ostracized from societal roles of power and influence. Thus females have learn to be more attractive, more seductive or more glamorous to attract and hold a dominant male companion.
Females are learning they can be as useful or effective in modern society as dysfunctional males...
Society has not progressed so far that females are equal in respect as males but it has progressed that almost nay reasonable person can choose a useful female over some useless male fool...
c u on the BC :)
/hugz ;)