"...and within the bounds of what it takes to maintain a happy marriage, it's what I do. I practice what I preach. There may be times when I feel like 'dipping my wick' and I do so. When it's right. When it feels good. People may say, 'Oh that Gene Roddenberry. He's no good. He's an unfaithful husband.' I say unfaithful to what?"
"Majel [your wife], surely."
"No. Not at all. People aren't concerned in their deepest selves about Majel. They're concerned about themselves, their rules and so on. They mean I am unfaithful to the ideal, their ideal, of marriage. They don't want to consider another idea. They may be afraid. They may condemn me for breaking a vow they think I made. Whereas in fact, I didn't make it. I could never adhere to an agreement that deprived me of myself. Majel and I have our own agreement. I would be false, a false person, if I did make any other kind of agreement. And I would be a false person if my wife didn't know who I am, what I do."
Gene Roddenberry: The Last Conversation
by Yvonne Fern
See also The Ethical Slut.
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