I can only speak of people I know who believe strongly in free love and go from person to person. It’s not all that clear cut as the OP states. I know of a relative who lives like this and has 4 children to 3 different women and they all compete for a slice of him and his wealth. So there is infighting and bickering, abuse, AVO’s being taken out against each other, violence, property being destroyed in fits of anger. Not to mention the children. They hate the other mothers and often the police have to be called. When he pays too much attention to one the others rip his shirts and smash his mobile phone. I think he’s had about 8 mobiles destroyed by now and even once they had an argument while he was driving. She got out, lit his shirt after ripping it off and then threw it in the car, exploding the car beyond recognition. The marks are still on the road to this day.
He is miserable, depressed and just drinks and drinks. He’s not married to any of these women. Seeing first hand the lifestyle of casual sex I wouldn’t recommend it.
As someone rightly pointed out in another post. Emotions get involved and when that happens all hell can and often does break loose.
Me, I am happily married now for 42 years. Stability, happiness and peace of mind are mine.
If people want to go down that path then there may be bad consequences, unthought of consequences. It’s just not worth it from my personal observation watching a life be destroyed.
Far better to find one you love and loves you and make a happy, stable life together.
This poor guy has an illness and has been given less than 2 years to live and the vultures are all circling to make sure they get a good inheritance and he knows it and it’s killing him with all these once ‘casual flings’ now waiting for him to die to collect $$$$.
I wish he had listened to us and just taken one wife but he thought there was no harm in a casual fling, so he is in the worst, the very worst mental hell that he made himself by thinking casual sex has no consequences. It does have consequences even if we think it doesn’t and I strongly recommend marriage and a lifelong partner.